-Stott
newly located along Little Shades Creek, Cahaba valley.
Bruce Stallsmith wrote:
> I'm presenting a talk about burrhead and silverstripe shiners tomorrow
>-in-the meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists in
> Florence, AL. While reviewing my data on burrhead and silverstripe
> reproduction, I made a fun discovery. The maximum size of silverstripe
> shiners, Notropis stilbius, is reported to be 67 mm SL in Boschung &
> Mayden's book "Fishes of Alabama...". Two fish we collected in Borden
> Creek, AL, last summer are bigger than that,-in-70 and 71 mm SL. The
> 70 mm individual was collected during a NANFA trip to Borden Creek
> last summer. So if anyone asks, I've claimed the Alabama state record.
>
> Forget about boring stuff like the biggest largemouth bass in a state,
> NANFA members contributed to finding a record-breaking silverstripe
> shiner. Thanks to Casper Cox, Ranger Bob, and Stott Noble among others.
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> and who knows what lurks in the Tennessee River
> Huntsville, AL, US of A
>
>
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