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Mystery of the Longear Sunfish’s Occurrence in North Carolina Solved

July 7, 2020May 18, 2020 by Scott Smith

Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis was first reported from North Carolina by Edward Drinker Cope in 1870, but its whereabouts in the state had been a mystery for almost 150 years. … Read more

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Thanksgiving trip to SC

December 30, 2016 by Scott Smith

On Friday, November 25th, Fritz and I met up with Tim to explore the Lynches River and surrounding waterbodies in South Carolina. We had a few sites in mind that … Read more

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Bluefin Tuna Sampling

February 6, 2016 by Scott Smith

  Work has kept us pretty busy lately, so in the spirit of adding new content as often as possible, I wanted to share some pictures from a few years … Read more

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New Photography Methods

February 6, 2016 by Scott Smith

Lately we have been playing around with shooting fish on white backgrounds. The gist of the process is to use two strobes behind a phototank and pointing at a white … Read more

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Fishmap.org

February 4, 2016 by Scott Smith

    In the last few months, Ryan Crutchfield over at www.fishmap.org, has been working to create an API in order for us to display his wonderful range maps on … Read more

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2015 Year in Review

January 23, 2016 by Scott Smith

As no doubt you have noticed, we may have slacked off a bit on reporting our trips this year. Rest assured that we made many trips, and photographed many new … Read more

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Species Range Maps in R

March 8, 2015 by Scott Smith

  Lately we have been toying with the idea of developing species range maps for North Carolina fishes. Although we wish we could run this project full time, work keeps … Read more

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Trip Report – Rockingham, NC

September 28, 2014 by Scott Smith

On the 24th of September, we headed down to Rockingham, NC to a previously visited site, Hinson Lake. Hinson Lake is a well known spot for both the lined killifish, Fundulus … Read more

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Trip Report – Croatan National Forest

August 11, 2014 by Scott Smith

On the 10th of August, Jesse and I headed out to the Croatan National Forest for a day of sampling. Our targets included Swampfish, Chologaster cornuta, Pirate Perch, Aphredoderus sayanus, Banded Sunfish, Enneacanthus obesus, Bluespotted … Read more

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