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Found in the 258 canal in Unit 1. Dead.
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Found in the 258 canal in Unit 1. Dead.
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Poor quality photo due to reflection.
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Poor quality photo due to reflection.
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Poor quality photo due to reflection.
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Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) 2 August 2015: While walking the Bittern Marsh Trail we observed how the headless carcass of a large Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio), a common freshwater fish of Lake Lewisville and the Elm Fork Trinity River, was being washed back and forth by the wave action caused by the large volume of water being released just upstream not more than a quarter-mile at the Lake Lewisville dam's water outlet. At this particular point on the Bittern Marsh Trail at the Lake Lewisville Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) a portion of the river's bank and immediate area had been washed out by the historic spring and May 2015 rainfall in North Texas (and statewide) creating a temporary inlet of sorts. Here the voluminous water released from Lake Lewisville's dam by the authorities created waves like those of the ocean with a similar ebb and flow. This Common Carp carcass was coming and going with each wave but essentially remained in place ensconced on the sandy beach that had been created by this series of events. The Common Carp had met its fate and the waves would slowly but surely erode its tissue and return it from whence it came. No other fish in the Elm Fork Trinity River has this particular physical appearance even when deteriorated as in these images, the Common Carp's distinctive features continue to indicate its species. LLELA is administered jointly by the US Army Corps of Engineers, the City of Lewisville, Texas, the Lewisville Independent School District, and the University of North Texas.
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Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) 2 August 2015: While walking the Bittern Marsh Trail we observed how the headless carcass of a large Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio), a common freshwater fish of Lake Lewisville and the Elm Fork Trinity River, was being washed back and forth by the wave action caused by the large volume of water being released just upstream not more than a quarter-mile at the Lake Lewisville dam's water outlet. At this particular point on the Bittern Marsh Trail at the Lake Lewisville Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) a portion of the river's bank and immediate area had been washed out by the historic spring and May 2015 rainfall in North Texas (and statewide) creating a temporary inlet of sorts. Here the voluminous water released from Lake Lewisville's dam by the authorities created waves like those of the ocean with a similar ebb and flow. This Common Carp carcass was coming and going with each wave but essentially remained in place ensconced on the sandy beach that had been created by this series of events. The Common Carp had met its fate and the waves would slowly but surely erode its tissue and return it from whence it came. No other fish in the Elm Fork Trinity River has this particular physical appearance even when deteriorated as in these images, the Common Carp's distinctive features continue to indicate its species. LLELA is administered jointly by the US Army Corps of Engineers, the City of Lewisville, Texas, the Lewisville Independent School District, and the University of North Texas.
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A group of four or five fishes found in Calleguas Creek next to CSUCI. They have a light green body heavily accented by black, which sharply defines their large scales. Their tail, pelvic and anal fins are slightly red. They appear to be a little over a foot in length. They are difficult to see from this iPhone camera, but let me emphasize, the black lines on their bodies are not lines or stripes or dots, but rather outlines of their scales, which make them difficult to find on any fish list. Their mouths may be below their body, possibly making them carps, but it is hard to definitively tell from observing then from above and they do not seem to match images for white or blue catfishes (found in this watershed)
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A group of four or five fishes found in Calleguas Creek next to CSUCI. They have a light green body heavily accented by black, which sharply defines their large scales. Their tail, pelvic and anal fins are slightly red. They appear to be a little over a foot in length. They are difficult to see from this iPhone camera, but let me emphasize, the black lines on their bodies are not lines or stripes or dots, but rather outlines of their scales, which make them difficult to find on any fish list. Their mouths may be below their body, possibly making them carps, but it is hard to definitively tell from observing then from above and they do not seem to match images for white or blue catfishes (found in this watershed)
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A group of four or five fishes found in Calleguas Creek next to CSUCI. They have a light green body heavily accented by black, which sharply defines their large scales. Their tail, pelvic and anal fins are slightly red. They appear to be a little over a foot in length. They are difficult to see from this iPhone camera, but let me emphasize, the black lines on their bodies are not lines or stripes or dots, but rather outlines of their scales, which make them difficult to find on any fish list. Their mouths may be below their body, possibly making them carps, but it is hard to definitively tell from observing then from above and they do not seem to match images for white or blue catfishes (found in this watershed)
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A group of four or five fishes found in Calleguas Creek next to CSUCI. They have a light green body heavily accented by black, which sharply defines their large scales. Their tail, pelvic and anal fins are slightly red. They appear to be a little over a foot in length. They are difficult to see from this iPhone camera, but let me emphasize, the black lines on their bodies are not lines or stripes or dots, but rather outlines of their scales, which make them difficult to find on any fish list. Their mouths may be below their body, possibly making them carps, but it is hard to definitively tell from observing then from above and they do not seem to match images for white or blue catfishes (found in this watershed)
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A group of four or five fishes found in Calleguas Creek next to CSUCI. They have a light green body heavily accented by black, which sharply defines their large scales. Their tail, pelvic and anal fins are slightly red. They appear to be a little over a foot in length. They are difficult to see from this iPhone camera, but let me emphasize, the black lines on their bodies are not lines or stripes or dots, but rather outlines of their scales, which make them difficult to find on any fish list. Their mouths may be below their body, possibly making them carps, but it is hard to definitively tell from observing then from above and they do not seem to match images for white or blue catfishes (found in this watershed)
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A group of four or five fishes found in Calleguas Creek next to CSUCI. They have a light green body heavily accented by black, which sharply defines their large scales. Their tail, pelvic and anal fins are slightly red. They appear to be a little over a foot in length. They are difficult to see from this iPhone camera, but let me emphasize, the black lines on their bodies are not lines or stripes or dots, but rather outlines of their scales, which make them difficult to find on any fish list. Their mouths may be below their body, possibly making them carps, but it is hard to definitively tell from observing then from above and they do not seem to match images for white or blue catfishes (found in this watershed)
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A group of four or five fishes found in Calleguas Creek next to CSUCI. They have a light green body heavily accented by black, which sharply defines their large scales. Their tail, pelvic and anal fins are slightly red. They appear to be a little over a foot in length. They are difficult to see from this iPhone camera, but let me emphasize, the black lines on their bodies are not lines or stripes or dots, but rather outlines of their scales, which make them difficult to find on any fish list. Their mouths may be below their body, possibly making them carps, but it is hard to definitively tell from observing then from above and they do not seem to match images for white or blue catfishes (found in this watershed)
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