Re: Fundulus catenatus & allies: collecting points?

["Bruce Stallsmith" <fundulus at hotmail_com>]

Hey Shane,
If you come over as far as northeastern AL you can find both F. catenatus 
and stellifer within an hour or two of each other. Joe Scanlan can point you 
in the right direction for bifax and stellifer down at the edge of the fall 
line 'round Montgomery. Around here you can find catenatus in more highland 
stream settings, like the upper Paint Rock River in Estill Fork or Larkin 
Fork in Jackson County. The water's shallow enough you can corner them at 
the base of riffles and catch them with a decent hand net. Stellifer, on the 
south and east side of Sand Mountain on the southern side of the Tennessee, 
are found in pretty much the same habitat, like in Big Wills Creek in and 
south of Fort Payne, DeKalb County, AL, or the Little River in Cherokee 
County below the Federal park. The big difference between the two species 
(besides geographical separation...) is that stellifer is a much more 
athletic fish; if you catch them, you MUST cover the bucket or they're gone. 
Catenatus is much less jumpy.
Come to the NANFA convention in Huntsville June 6-8, we're planning a 
collecting trip to the Paint Rock valley on Saturday, June 7, which should 
come across catenatus (and olivaceus, too). Pre-registration is still only 
$50 which includes a BBQ dinner on Satursday night. It's not much more than 
a day trip from Memphis...

--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL, US of A


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