Re: NANFA-L-- Holston River Obsevations

Bob Culler (rangerbob-in-optidynamic.com)
Tue, 19 Apr 2005 23:04:59 -0400

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At 07:46 PM 4/19/05 -0700, Matt wrote:
>well something that stumped me because any of my choices I hadn't seen
>live before, I didn't know the accounts and exact ranges, and I was
>keeping things that weren't greensides for about a whole 2 seconds. At
>first I thought they were tippecanoes but after looking-in-some photos
>online tonight (my Tenn. book is in the office) I'm lead to think they are
>spotted darters. There nose was so pointed and it wasn't really the
>breast that was blue as much as it was the area right behind the operculum
>so I ruled out bluebreasts. Red spots along the sides and some dark
>margins on all fins. Some even had a vibrant red lower lip, so that
>really confused me.
>
>
>The red lip sounds like male redline darters. They look like they are
>wearing lipstick! :) The first time I saw a female redline, I mistook it
>for a Tippecanoe, as well. I'm still not real sure I could separate the two.
>
>Ranger Bob
>rangerbob-in-optidynamic.com
>Holston R. Drainage
>Kingsport, TN
>"The power of humans to degrade the natural world is awesome; the
>capability to reconstitute it later is mythical."
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At 07:46 PM 4/19/05 -0700, Matt wrote:

well something that stumped me because any of my choices I hadn't seen live before, I didn't know the accounts and exact ranges, and I was keeping things that weren't greensides for about a whole 2 seconds.  At first I thought they were tippecanoes but after looking at some photos online tonight (my Tenn. book is in the office) I'm lead to think they are spotted darters.  There nose was so pointed and it wasn't really the breast that was blue as much as it was the area right behind the operculum so I ruled out bluebreasts.  Red spots along the sides and some dark margins on all fins.  Some even had a vibrant red lower lip, so that really confused me.


The red lip sounds like male redline darters. They look like they are wearing lipstick! :) The first time I saw a female redline, I mistook it for a Tippecanoe, as well. I'm still not real sure I could separate the two.

Ranger Bob
rangerbob-in-optidynamic.com
Holston R. Drainage
Kingsport, TN
"The power of humans to degrade the natural world is awesome; the capability to reconstitute it later is mythical."

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