> Granted, both pictures are blurry, but it looks like a typical Illinois
> orangethroat to me. It has the proper body and head shape, and the
> prominent vertical blue barring pattern on the sides are visible. There
> even appears to be some faint orange still present on the belly. Seems
> to be the typical muted colors for this time of year. You wouldn't
> expect to see much orange color on the belly or on the sides (most
> orangethroats will develop fairly prominent orange bars on the posterior
> half of the body during the spawning season). Even the blue bars along
> the sides, and the dorsal fin coloration, are somewhat reduced during
> these colder months.
>
> Don't be swayed too much by lack of dots on the Illinois map.
> Orangethroats are often much more widespread than what is shown on
> maps. For example, I have seined up orangethroats in the Decatur area
> but never pickled them; therefore, those records do not exist in the
> INHS database.
>
> They are a fun fish to keep, but I might be a little biased!
>
> Pat
>
>
>
> Lance Merry wrote:
>
> >I've got this darter I seined out of Stevens Creek in Decatur. I've never
seen one like this before. I've looked in this darter book I've got and I
didn't see anything that looked real close. Here's the pic of it, it's not
real good but it's the best I've got so far.
> > http://www.angelfire.com/droid/bob62326/Darter1.jpg
> >Any ideas on what this might be?
> >
> >Lance Merry
> >Decatur, IL
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