[bristol-birds] Re: Fish
- From: "Jack Litz" <wjlitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 22:30:56 -0400
Kevin -
Peterson's Field Guide says that Spotfin Chub are currently found in the
Little Tennessee in TN/NC and in the North Fork Holston in TN/VA. The fish
we found was in the North Fork Holston within about 1/2 mile of its
confluence with the South Fork Holston in Kingsport and so is within its
reported range. Alsop has studied that portion of the river for years and
it was the first of the species that he has seen. The green/blue
dorsolateral coloration was dazzling. If you have the e-mail addresses of
Withers and Bivens go ahead and forward the information if you think it
could be useful.
I would like to talk Salamanders with you sometime.
Jack Litz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hamed" <kevin_hamed@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 1:47 PM
Subject: [bristol-birds] Re: Fish
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> 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.
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> 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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