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Fish and mussel from Quittapahilla Creek, Lebanon PA


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#1 truecrimson

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Posted 22 May 2017 - 08:57 AM

After much delay I finally took the perfect dip net along when I went fishing yesterday.  It was a little too cool for me to get in the water but I did some dip netting from the bank.  I turned up lots of these fish.  To my untrained eye they look like the same thing in different sizes.  i also came up up with mussels.  The plant in the last picture is everywhere in the shallower areas.  As I am planning to a planted tank I need to figure out some local plants so I thought I would ask for help ID'ing this as well.

 

Don't be too hard on me.  I'm new at this ;)

 

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#2 Redfin Shiner

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Posted 22 May 2017 - 11:49 AM

The fish looks like some kind of Sculpin. I'm not sure and certainly not an expert.



#3 gerald

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Posted 22 May 2017 - 04:10 PM

Sculpin (not sure which species) and Asian Corbicula clam.


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#4 truecrimson

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Posted 23 May 2017 - 02:48 PM

Cool, thanks guys.  I did a little looking and the main species of sculpin around here seem to be mottled, blue ridge, and slimy.  I'm thinking mottled.  Next time I'll have to check for teeth patches to confirm.



#5 gerald

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Posted 23 May 2017 - 03:09 PM

The plant might be Callitriche heterophylla.  At first glance I thought duckweed, before noticing the submerged parts.


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