Labor day weekend
#1 Guest_Dustin_*
Posted 10 September 2009 - 09:04 PM
Mountain brook lamprey - Ichthyomyzon gagei
Central stoneroller - Campostoma anamolum
Whitetail shiner - Cyprinella galactura
Warpaint shiner - Luxilus coccogenis
River chub - Nocomis micropogon
Tennessee shiner - Notropis leuciodus
Mirror shiner - Notropis spectrunculus
Black redhorse - Moxostoma duquesni
Northern hogsucker - Hypentelium nigricans
Brown trout - Salmo trutta
Brook trout - Salvelinus fontinalis
Rock bass - Ambloplites rupestris
Smallmouth bass - Micropterus dolomieu
Greenfin darter - Etheostoma chlorobranchium
Tuckasegee darter - Etheostoma gutselli
Wounded darter - Etheostoma vulneratum
Gilt darter - Percina evides
Mottled sculpin - Cottus bairdi
We then went further upstream hoping to add some headwater species. Here, we got:
Longnose dace - Rhinichthys cataractae
River chub - N. micropogon
Warpaint shiner - L. coccogenis
Mirror shiner - N. spectrunculus
Northern hogsucker - H. nigricans
Brook trout - S. fontinalis
Rock bass - A. rupestris
Bluegill - Lepomis macrochirus
We ended the day on the Little TN proper where we found:
Central stoneroller - C. anamolum
Whitetail shiner - C. galactura
Warpaint shiner - L. coccogenis
Silver shiner - Notropis photogenis
Tennessee shiner - N. leuciodus
Mirror shiner - N. spectrunculus
Spotfin chub - Erimonax monacha
River chub - N. micropogon
Fatlips minnow - Phenacobius crassilabrum
Northern hogsucker - H. nigricans
Rock bass - A. rupestris
Smallmouth bass - M. dolomieu
Redbreast - Lepomis auritus
Wounded darter - E. vulneratum
Greenfin darter - E. chlorobranchium
Tuckasegee darter - E. gutselli
Banded darter - Etheostoma zonale
Tangerine darter - Percina aurantiaca
Gilt darter - P. evides
Stonecat - Noturus cf. flavus
Flathead catfish - Pylodictus olivaris
#3 Guest_Dustin_*
Posted 10 September 2009 - 10:05 PM
Mottled sculpin - C. bairdi
Mirror shiner - N. spectrunculus
Tennessee shiner - N. leuciodus
Creek chub - Semotilus atromaculatus
Sicklefin redhorse - Moxostoma sp.
Next, we tried a small creek looking for some blacknose dace. Here, in about 5 minutes, we got:
Western blacknose dace - Rhinichthys obtusus
Mottled sculpin - C. bairdi
We then went to another creek and here we got:
Central stoneroller - C. anomalum
River chub - N. micropogon
Tennessee shiner - N. leuciodus
Warpaint shiner - L. coccogenis
Yellowfin shiner - Notropis lutipinnis
???Mystery shiner???
Gilt darter - P. evides
We went further upstream and got:
Brown trout - S. trutta
Central stoneroller - C. anomalum
River chub - N. micropogon
Smoky dace - Clinostomus cf. funduloides
Mottled sculpin - C. bairdi
#6 Guest_panfisherteen_*
Posted 10 September 2009 - 10:47 PM
#11 Guest_Dustin_*
Posted 11 September 2009 - 06:52 AM
I think that's the most accurate highland shiner photo I've seen. You guys hit some fun habitat.
I'm glad to hear you say that Bruce. We weren't totally sure that's what it was. It is the first I have seen, especially with any color. I wouldn't say some of the habitat was all that fun....but it was productive.
#12 Guest_keepnatives_*
Posted 11 September 2009 - 07:32 AM
Actually you do I put a small one in with your fish since you liked the big ones so much. He is about 2.25 inches won't look quite like these but he's different from your other fish enough you should be able to pick him out.awesome fish, especioally the smoky dace and river chub. I wish I had a river chub, it's face has so much character to it.
#14 Guest_daveneely_*
Posted 11 September 2009 - 11:22 AM
I'm glad to hear you say that Bruce. We weren't totally sure that's what it was. It is the first I have seen, especially with any color. I wouldn't say some of the habitat was all that fun....but it was productive.
Hmm, that's pretty funny. I'd question the ID as a highland shiner, but am not sure what else it might be... would be nice to have fish in hand.
I love that reach of the mainstem Little T. One of my favorite stream, anywhere. Can't wait to visit again with the new video system and swim with the sicklefins!!
#15 Guest_Dustin_*
Posted 11 September 2009 - 11:48 AM
Hmm, that's pretty funny. I'd question the ID as a highland shiner, but am not sure what else it might be... would be nice to have fish in hand.
I love that reach of the mainstem Little T. One of my favorite stream, anywhere. Can't wait to visit again with the new video system and swim with the sicklefins!!
We could send it to you. We preserved it since we couldn't figure it out either. We thought micropteryx was the most fitting, but were by no means certain.
#16 Guest_fundulus_*
Posted 11 September 2009 - 11:55 AM
I'm familiar with highlands from one population in Cypress Creek, AL, and there's a strong similarity. By all means send it to Dave if he's up for looking at it.We could send it to you. We preserved it since we couldn't figure it out either. We thought micropteryx was the most fitting, but were by no means certain.
#17 Guest_Dustin_*
Posted 11 September 2009 - 12:03 PM
That smokey dace is one wild looking fish.
Is the Tuckaseegee Darter a defined species, or is it a Greenside Variant?
According to our updated species checklist, gutselli is a valid species, though E. b. newmanii, pholidotum, and blennioides are still considered subspecies for now.
#18 Guest_Uland_*
Posted 11 September 2009 - 12:49 PM
#19 Guest_daveneely_*
Posted 11 September 2009 - 01:34 PM
We could send it to you. We preserved it since we couldn't figure it out either. We thought micropteryx was the most fitting, but were by no means certain.
After looking at the photo a bit closer, it's almost certainly not micropteryx: the dorsal is too far forward, mouth is too large, it's got a black humeral bar vs reddish pigment that's more on pectoral base, the scales are too well-outlined and too large, not sufficiently silvery, the caudal pattern is wrong, etc. etc. etc...
Bruce, the micropteryx that Joe illustrated for Bo & Rick's book came from Shoal Creek, and they're pretty consistent across their range. If you're getting something different looking, well, it's probably something different. Uland has a nice photo of a specimen from Little River somewhere, probably check the Gallery for that.
I'd be happy to take a closer look at the specimen, though I'll be sampling across KY for the next couple of weeks and won't be able to get to it until after I return. I'll pm you a mailing address.
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