Please check out the web page.
http://home.attbi.com/~sajjadlateef/nanfa/index.html
Please review the fish names. I am not so sure about some
of the darters and shiners. I will update the website per
your comments and announce it on the NANFA list.
Thanks,
Sajjad
--- Jeremy Tiemann <jtiemann_at_inhs.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> The IL-IN Chapter's autumn trip to Collison Branch of the Middle Fork
>
> of the Vermillion River in IL on Sun 6 Oct 2002 was a very successful
>
> outing. The day was a beautiful autumn day with a slight overcast
> and cool, comfortable temperatures. The water was clear and at the
> perfect level to kick a few riffles and pull through a few pools.
> Bernadette Harkins, Ron and Dotty Humbert, Jamie Ladonski, Sajjad
> Lateef, and "Miller" and I collected 25 species in just a couple of
> hours of playing around. Throughout the day, we seined up:
>
> Central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum)
> Steelcolor shiner (Notropis whipplei) (Miller "helped" point this out
> at home)
> Spotfin shiner (N. spilopterus)
> Sand shiner (N. ludibundus)
> Bluntnose minnow (Pimephales notatus)
> Silverjaw minnow (Ericymba buccata)
> Striped shiner (Luxilus chrysucephales)
> Horneyhead chub (Nocomis biguttatus)
> Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus)
> Brook silverside (Labidesthes sicculus)
> Blackstripe topminnow (Fundulus notatus)
> Slender madtom (Noturus exilis)
> Brindled madtom (N. miurus)
> Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
> Longear sunfish (L. megalotis)
> Spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus)
> Smallmouth bass (M. dolomieu)
> Rockbass (Ambloplites rupestris)
> Fantail darter (Etheostoma flabellare)
> Johny darter (E. nigrum
> Bluebreasted darter (E. camurum) - a state listed species
> Rainbow darter (E. caeruleum)
> Greedside darter (E. blennoides)
> Eastern sand darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) - a state listed species
> Dusky darter (Percina sciera)
>
> We also encountered a two freshwater mussels (plain pocketbook
> [Lampsilis caridum, and fat mucket [L. siliquoidea]), and Miller
> enjoyed chasing a cricket frog (Acris crepitans). We had such a good
>
> time, that I did not have a chance to glass for birds (the only bird
> I saw was a turkey vulture [Cathartes aura]). I believe that Sajjad
> is working on a web page of our outing, and, with any luck, should be
>
> able to view soon. Thanks to all that went. Bernadette, Miller and
> I had a good time, and hopefully another outing can happen soon with
> more people able to join us. Please let me know if you have any
> questions.
> --
> Jeremy Tiemann
> Illinois Natural History Survey
> Center for Biodiversity
> 607 E. Peabody Dr.
> Champaign, IL 61820
> Phone: (217) 244-4594
> Fax: (217) 333-4949
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