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#1 gbeauvin

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Posted 21 May 2016 - 09:12 PM

I posted my trip report over in that folder, but figured I'd ask for some IDs here.  These all came out of Indian Creek, a tributary to the Tennessee River in Huntsville AL.  Photos are all thumbnails, so click to enlarge.  Going through the fishes that fishmap.org says are in my watershed led to the guesses below.

 

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bluntnose minnow?

 

 

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Scarlet Shiner?
 

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Crayfish, duh.  Do we have multiple species 'round these parts though?  Fishmap didn't seem to have anything on inverts so I'll have to search elsewhere for that info.

 

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Juvenile green sunfish?

 

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blackside snubnose darter?

 

 

thanks!

 

-Rick

 

P.S.  In spite of the title, there was no collection.  Just a survey.


Edited by gbeauvin, 21 May 2016 - 09:13 PM.


#2 Evan P

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Posted 21 May 2016 - 09:52 PM

The first fish looks to be a juvenile Nocomis of some sort, whichever is local to you. The second is a stoneroller. The Green Sunfish is definitely a correct ID, and I know the last fish is a Snubnose, just not entirely sure which one. If the Blackside is the only one local to you, that is probably it!


3,000-4,000 Gallon Pond Full of all sorts of spawning fishes! http://forum.nanfa.org/index.php/topic/13811-3560-gallon-native-fish-pond/page-3 
 

#3 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 21 May 2016 - 10:48 PM

I think the first fish might be three different fishes... in the first photo there is no dorsal spot... but the second picture (of the first set) looks like a creek chub, not Nocomis...


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#4 Evan P

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Posted 21 May 2016 - 11:12 PM

I think Michael is right, I only looked at one of the pictures for my ID of Nocomos sp. .


3,000-4,000 Gallon Pond Full of all sorts of spawning fishes! http://forum.nanfa.org/index.php/topic/13811-3560-gallon-native-fish-pond/page-3 
 

#5 ariggsy1976

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Posted 24 May 2016 - 09:09 AM

Semotilus atromaculatus (Creek Chub)
Campostoma oligolepis (Largescale Stoneroller)
No clue on crayfish
Lepomis cyanellus (Green Sunfish)
Etheostoma duryi (Blackside Snubnose Darter)

Nice finds:)

#6 gbeauvin

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Posted 24 May 2016 - 10:24 AM

What characteristics are indicative of largescale stoneroller (vs  central stoneroller)?

 

thanks,

 Rick

 

P.S.  How well do these stonerollers do in the home aquarium?



#7 ariggsy1976

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Posted 27 May 2016 - 08:40 AM

Largescale nuptial males lack the black band on the orange anal fin and does not have the crescent shaped
row of 3 tubercles on the inner edge of the nostrils. Also per Petersons latest guide distribution rules it out as Central. I wouldn't know about how they would respond to living in an aquarium..not an aquarium guy.

#8 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 27 May 2016 - 09:55 AM

Adult Tuburculed stonerollers don't do well in my experience. They are just too worn out from all the fightin and spawnin. But mid-sized ones like in your picture do quite well in a tank.
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