Virginia Tech Ichthyology Class

A blog for teaching and learning about Ichthyology at Virginia Tech. For students enrolled in Ichthyology (FIW 4424) and other interested fish enthusiasts.

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Investigating The Obscure Yeller Finned Minner, by Don Orth

Let’s call it the Clinch Dace. It’s a small minnow, which the locals call “yeller finned minners.” When Freshwater...

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Why we fish? It’s more complicated than you think. By Don Orth

Humans have fished for sustenance and subsistence for a long time. One study suggests that freshwater fish were a part of the diet of earl...

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Whither Goest the Burbot? By Don Orth

Burbot, Lota lota (Linnaeus, 1758) is the only freshwater member of the Gadidae family. It is also one of the most widely distributed fre...

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Mysteries of the American Eel, by Don Orth

No one has ever seen the American Eel spawning. The lep tocephalus stage of this fish is so different it was first described as a differ...

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