Andrew T Taylor, PhD

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Fisheries Scientist | Asst Prof @ U of North Georgia | Conservation | Riverscapes | PopGen | Black Bass Diversity | views=mine | www.andrewtaylor.fish

Redeye “Coosa” Bass held in water displaying vibrant dark blotches and white margins on fins, a character that helps distinguish members of the Redeye bass species complex from other black bass.
The author holds an angled Shoal Bass just above the surface of the clear and fast moving river water it calls home. This specimen displays the characteristic dark vertical “tiger stripes”
A subset of illustrated black bass forms by Joe Tomelleri - THIS IS NOT A COMPREHENSIVE SET! There are others that have not yet been illustrated. 19 total forms are currently recognized!
Word cloud highlight my lab’s research topics, which include black bass conservation in regions and systems across the southeastern USA, among other fisheries management topics
Dr. Andrew Taylor holding a Shoal Bass, Micropterus cataractae, that he angled while floating a river in the mountains of north Georgia. Shoal Bass are a species of continued research interest.
Small minnow in a water tank / view box, the minnow with metallic shades of pink across anterior of body, a dark black spot at the caudal peduncle and a large metallic blue dorsal fin. Breeding tubercles are scattered stop the head.
Bandfin Shiner
Halloween Darter photographed by the Taylor Fish Lab while surveying the Chestatee River system near Dahlonega, Georgia