I'd welcome any ID suggestions on this last fellow. I haven't had to do much taxonomy in the last few years, and I've gotten soft on my LSMs.
Fishes of Maine
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Posted 03 October 2010 - 08:16 PM
Here are some of my favorite fish pictures from my last few years working in Maine:
I'd welcome any ID suggestions on this last fellow. I haven't had to do much taxonomy in the last few years, and I've gotten soft on my LSMs.
I'd welcome any ID suggestions on this last fellow. I haven't had to do much taxonomy in the last few years, and I've gotten soft on my LSMs.
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Posted 04 October 2010 - 12:55 AM
Here are some of my favorite fish pictures from my last few years working in Maine:
I'd welcome any ID suggestions on this last fellow. I haven't had to do much taxonomy in the last few years, and I've gotten soft on my LSMs.
ID suggestions
brook trout
brown bullhead
fallfish or maybe lake chub, my first thought was creek chub but the tail is too forked.
atlantic salmon
common shiner
my first thought was blacknose dace, but on seeing dual lateral stripes i think it is northern redbelly dace.
another atlantic salmon
another brook trout
sea raven, that is one fat sculpin
not sure, possibly a fall fish from the silvery sides and big eyes, but the body shape seems wrong.
OOPS. missed the last guy comment and tried IDing all of them, sorry.
Edited by FirstChAoS, 04 October 2010 - 01:02 AM.
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Posted 04 October 2010 - 07:15 AM
The large eye and what looks to be slightly elevated scales would make me say Luxilus. It also has a fairly deep body. But it looks wierd. Spot on caudal peduncle?
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Posted 04 October 2010 - 07:59 AM
I believe the third fellow down is actually a pearl dace.
As for the last fellow, my first thought was also Luxilus. There definitely are L. cornutus in the stream (see other picture in the series), but the apparent dark spot on the caudal peduncle is making me think otherwise. I've never noticed any other Luxilus spp. in this stream, but that isn't to say that they aren't there...
Other Cyprinids known to be present:
Fallfish
Creek Chub
Pearl Dace
N. Redbelly Dace
Golden Shiner
Fathead Minnow
Blacknose Dace
I'll have to break out the keys after work today.
As for the last fellow, my first thought was also Luxilus. There definitely are L. cornutus in the stream (see other picture in the series), but the apparent dark spot on the caudal peduncle is making me think otherwise. I've never noticed any other Luxilus spp. in this stream, but that isn't to say that they aren't there...
Other Cyprinids known to be present:
Fallfish
Creek Chub
Pearl Dace
N. Redbelly Dace
Golden Shiner
Fathead Minnow
Blacknose Dace
I'll have to break out the keys after work today.
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