Today I took John Bills with me to sample for Spring Cavefish (Forbesichthys agassizii) in the Barrens of middle Tennessee. We didn't have much success until finding a nice spring-fed pond near the Coffee-Warren County border. Here we caught Spring Cavefish and several other species of vertebrates.
Fishes:
Forbesichthys agassizii (Spring Cavefish) 57 adults
Gambusia affinis (Western Mosquitofish) TMTC adults
Pimephales notatus (Bluntnose Minnow) 5 adults
Amphibians:
Eurycea longicauda longicauda (Longtail Salamander) 2 larvaePseudotriton ruber ruber (Northern Red Salamander) 5 larvae
Rana catesbeiana (American Bullfrog) TMTC tadpoles
Rana clamitans melanota (Northern Green Frog) TMTC tadpoles
Reptiles:
Sternotherus odoratus (Stinkpot) 2 hatchlings
Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-Eared Slider) 1 hatchling
Some photographs:
Forbesichthys agassizii (Spring Cavefish) adult
Eurycea longicauda longicauda (Longtail Salamander) larva
Pseudotriton ruber ruber (Northern Red Salamander) larva