FreeLists / bristol-birds / [bristol-birds] Re: Fish

[Michael Hamed <kevin_hamed@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jack, 
What stream did you find the spotfins chub in.  That information is valuable 
and should be sent to David Whithers (Natural Hertiage) and Rick Bivens (TWRA). 
 This could be a new population I am not sure about the current distribution.  
You are correct about the beauty of native fish and how helpful binoculars and 
be from bridges or high streambanks. 
Kevin Hamed 
Bristol, TN 
  Jack Litz <wjlitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Many of you know Dr. Fred Alsop of 
ETSU as an ornithologist. He is also an expert ichthyologist. The five of us 
taking his Appalachian Fauna class this summer spend about 15 hours a week, 
mostly electrofishing area streams and birding, but also butterflying, and 
herping. Today we worked the North Fork Holston River between Netherland Inn 
Road Bridge and the 11E Bridge in Kingsport turning up four of the most 
beautiful fishes that I have seen. These are the Redline Darter, the Tennessee 
Snubnose Darter, and the Banded Darter - all in breeding colors and the very 
rare and most beautiful of all - Spotfin Chub (a threatened species). The 
colors have to be seen to be believed. Color plates in the field guides simply 
do not do these fishes justice. Many of our native species put commercially 
available aquarium fishes to shame.

We all use binoculars for birding, observing butterflies, etc., but under some 
circumstances, they can be used effectively for identifying fishes in the water 
and observing them going about their business - give it a try.

Jack Litz
Kingsport





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