The first fish might also be a silverjaw minnow (although I think Peter is
right). Are they that far over west? Does it have weird "scutes" on its
cheek?
The red shiner is possibly a redFIN shiner (Lythrurus umbratilis). It's got
that dorsal base spot.
I've had 2 blacktail redhorse for about 2 years now. For Moxostoma, their
growth has been very slow. We saw a spawned out male while in the Coosa
watershed (Swamp Creek as it enters Hatchet Creek just upstream from Lake
Mitchell, beautiful place), and it was about 18", which is nice to know.
They've maintained their orangeness in their fins, which these particular fish
aren't showing. Awesome looking sucker. I was hoping to get another couple
YOY while down there, and only managed to get one that was a little too big to
take. Phew... I need to write that day up. Little Hatchet Creek is an
enchanted place.
What I found very striking in the Gulf drainages was that crazy orange in the
fins of the spotted suckers, as you see in these pictures. Man, I was really
pulling for them in the Spring Fling 2 Death Madness 2006 to make it through
(I'm only doing south of the southern most point in the Tennessee R in Nov-Mar
from now on!). Got a 3 pack of jar specimens now :(
Todd
The Muddy Maumee Madness, Toledo, OH
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
http://www.farmertodd.com
________________________________
From: owner-nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org on behalf of matt ashton
Sent: Tue 6/13/2006 10:07 PM
To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Pictures of fish from this weekend.
The pictures definately aren't getting old, far from it for me-in-least. I
hope that your site is archiving these or I need to start saving the links a
little better. That blacktail redhorse is a blast!
Matt
Cookeville, TN
Peter Unmack <peter.lists at> wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Dan Johnson wrote:
> I hope you're not getting tired of my pictures... :-) I spent time this
> weekend in the San Jacinto and Brazos River drainages. Here's a link to
> some shots:
The first fish looks like Macrhybopsis storeriana. I never had any luck
getting them to eat when I kept them. The red shiner doesn't look like a
red shiner to me, but it could just be the picture too.
Cheers
Peter Unmack
Provo River, Utah
/-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/ This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes
/ Association (NANFA). Comments made on this list do not necessarily
/ reflect the beliefs or goals of NANFA. For more information about NANFA,
/ visit http://www.nanfa.org <http://www.nanfa.org/> Please make sure all
posts to nanfa-l are
/ consistent with the guidelines as per
/ http://www.nanfa.org/guidelines.shtml To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get
/ help, visit the NANFA email list home page and archive at
/ http://www.nanfa.org/email.shtml
http://mail.yahoo.com <http://mail.yahoo.com/>
/-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/ This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes
/ Association (NANFA). Comments made on this list do not necessarily
/ reflect the beliefs or goals of NANFA. For more information about NANFA,
/ visit http://www.nanfa.org <http://www.nanfa.org/> Please make sure all
posts to nanfa-l are
/ consistent with the guidelines as per
/ http://www.nanfa.org/guidelines.shtml To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get
/ help, visit the NANFA email list home page and archive at
/ http://www.nanfa.org/email.shtml
/-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/ This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes
/ Association (NANFA). Comments made on this list do not necessarily
/ reflect the beliefs or goals of NANFA. For more information about NANFA,
/ visit http://www.nanfa.org Please make sure all posts to nanfa-l are
/ consistent with the guidelines as per
/ http://www.nanfa.org/guidelines.shtml To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get
/ help, visit the NANFA email list home page and archive at
/ http://www.nanfa.org/email.shtml