--Bruce Stallsmith
it's balmy along the Tennessee
Huntsville, AL, US of A
>From: Stott Noble <stottn-in-ncgconsulting.com>
>Reply-To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- I/we may hold a state fish record...
>Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 23:07:15 -0500
>
>We need to have that bad boy mounted!
>
>-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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