Rigsby Pond, Coffee Co., TN (20 Jun 2009)

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 larvae
Pseudotriton 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

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