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Nest-building freshwater fishes of Virginia
       
     
Nest-building time
       
     
It's all about spawning the next generation
       
     
Gathering of nest-associates over platform stage of pebble nest
       
     
Pit-digger over open substrate ahead of riffle
       
     
Convergence of males of three mound nest-building species
       
     
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ROCK STARS

Bluehead chub (Nocomis leptocephalus) and nest associate species. See short video on the Bluehead Chub at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz6uJQ4YVn4

Nest-building freshwater fishes of Virginia
       
     
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Nest-building freshwater fishes of Virginia

Rapidan River, Co. Rt. 662, approximately 5 km W of Wolftown, Madison Co., Virginia, site of multiple videotaping sessions of Bluehead chub (Nocomis leptocephalus) and its nest associates (Mountain redbelly dace, Chrosomus oreas; Rosyside dace (Clinostomus funduloides); and Common shiner, Luxilus cornutus).

Nest-building time
       
     
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Nest-building time

Nocomis leptocephalus (Bluehead chub)(right) and Chrosomus oreas (Mountain redbelly dace) (background) Rockfish River, Augusta Co, VA

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It's all about spawning the next generation

Male nest-builder Nocomis leptocephalus (Bluehead chub)(center), and subordinate male N. leptocephalus (right) and six nest associates over pebble nest in Tom’s Creek, Montgomery Co., VA.

Gathering of nest-associates over platform stage of pebble nest
       
     
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Gathering of nest-associates over platform stage of pebble nest

Campostoma anomalum (Stoneroller)(center and Chrosomus oreas (Mountain redbelly dace) jockeying for position over nest of Nocomis leptocephalus in South River, Rockbridge Co., VA.

Pit-digger over open substrate ahead of riffle
       
     
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Pit-digger over open substrate ahead of riffle

Campostoma anomalum (Stoneroller)(center), Clinostomus fundiloides (Rosyside dace (upper) in South River about 5 km south of Vesuvius, VA.

Convergence of males of three mound nest-building species
       
     
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Convergence of males of three mound nest-building species

Representatives (Semotilus corporalis, fallfish; Exoglossum maxillingua (Cutlips minnow, right); and Nocomis leptocephalus (Bluehead chub, background and left) of the three pebble mound nest building species in tributary of Rapidan River, Madison Co., VA.