An exhibition of North American Gravel Nest-Building Fishes by Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D. at Science Museum of Virginia, May - September 2018.
Catalogue Number: EGM-092
Oil on canvas (24”x30”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D. 2018. Mark H. Sabaj, Ph.D. and Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D. filming nests of Nocomis leptocephalus in Sinking Creek, Craig County, Virginia in 1990.
Catalogue Number: EGM-093
Oil on canvas (24”x30”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D. 2015. Active nest of Nocomis leptocephalus (Bluehead chub) and two additional males excavating their own spawning pits with nest associates Clinostomus funduloides and Chrosomus oreas, Pumpkin Creek, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Catalogue Number: EGM-183
Watercolor (18”x24”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D., 2021
Interpretation of movement of gravel nest-building fishes and nest associates over spawning nest.
Catalogue Number: EGM-091
Oil on canvas (24”x24”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D., 2017. Pit excavator nest-builder – (clockwise from top) Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum) from the Jackson River, VA, Campostoma anomalum from Opossum Creek, VA, and Campostoma anomalum from New River, VA,
Catalogue Number: EGM-088
Oil on canvas (24”x24”)Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D., 2017. Pebble mound nest-builders – (clockwise from top) Cutlips minnow (Exoglossum maxillingua), Tongue-tied minnow (Exoglossum laurae), and nest usurper, Roughhead shiner (Notropis semperasper).
Catalogue Number: EGM-087
Oil on canvas (24”x24”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D., 2017. Pebble mound nest-builder – (clockwise from top) Hornyhead chub (Nocomis biguttatus), and two of its nest associates, Duskystripe shiner (Luxilus pilsbryi) and Bleeding shiner (Luxilus zonatus).
Catalogue Number: EGM-048
Oil on canvas (24”x24”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D., 2017. Pebble mound nest-builder – (clockwise from top) Bluehead chub (Nocomis leptocephalus), and two of its nest associates, Rosyside dace (Clinostomus funduloides) and Mountain redbelly dace (Chrosomus oreas).
Catalogue Number: EGM-086
Oil on canvas (24”x24”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D., 2017. Pebble mound nest-builder – (clockwise from top) Bull chub (Nocomis raneyi), and two of its nest associates, White shiner (Luxilus albeolus) and Crescent shiner (Luxilus cerasinus).
Catalogue Number: EGM-090
Oil on canvas (24”x24”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D., 2017. Pebble pit-ridge nest-builder – (clockwise from top) Creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus), and two of its nest associates, Saffron shiner (Notropis rubricroceus) and Blackside dace (Chrosomus cumberlandensis).
Catalogue Number: EGM-089
Oil on canvas (24”x24”)©Eugene G. Maurakis, Ph.D., 2017. Pebble pit-ridge mound nest-builder – (clockwise from top) Fallfish (Semotilus corporalis), and two of its nest associates, Rosefin shiner (Lythrurus ardens) and Blacknose dace (Rhinichthys atratulus).