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A Day at the Creek

Started by Guest_slybird_* , Jun 05 2008 09:39 PM

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#1 Guest_slybird_*

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Posted 05 June 2008 - 09:39 PM

During the Fall '07 semester, I was a TA for my favorite Cornell class, Field Biology. One unit of the class involves learning to identify many local fish species. One of our field trips had us seining and netting in one of the local creeks, after which we took a few of each species back to an aquarium in class. For full reports, see my blog posts:

http://slybird.blogs...y-at-creek.html
http://slybird.blogs.../more-fish.html

I'll repost some of the best pictures here.

Getting ready
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Collecting
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All praise the fish bowl
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White Sucker - Catostomus commersoni
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Common Shiner - Luxilus (or Notropsis? whats the current status?) cornutus
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Blacknose Dace (Rhynichthys atratus) and Creek Chub (Semotilus atromaculatus)
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Longnose Dace (Rhynichthys cataractae)
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#2 Guest_slybird_*

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Posted 05 June 2008 - 09:39 PM

Mottled Sculpin - Cottus bairdii
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My favorite, Fantail Darter - Etheostoma flabellare
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Cheers,
Nick

#3 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 05 June 2008 - 11:04 PM

It's still Luxilus for cornutus. I discourage students from wearing Yankees paraphenalia on my trips, but I know I tend towards strong opinions...