Ichthyology Class Visit To Estill Fork

I'm teaching Ichthyology for the first time this summer as an all-day Tuesday class with a lab section. Today we did the first field trip, to Estill Fork in the upper Paint Rock River system at the Baptist Church site. In two hours of seining we found most of the species I'd expect to see with the odd exception of rainbow darters; we even netted a huge greenside darter and several blueside darters, along with hogsuckers that deeply impressed the students. Here's a quick shot of most of the class: