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#1 Guest_bdoubles_*

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Posted 17 April 2011 - 05:57 PM

Hello everyone, I have been raising sunfish for several years now. I have recently bought a minow trap and have been setting it up behind my work in Ellicott City. I have no need to keep any of them because they will not live long with my green sunfish. I have been looking at the fish ID and have some ideas, but I can't be sure. Here they are

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Posted 17 April 2011 - 06:27 PM

Those look like Rhinichthys atratulus,eastern blacknose dace.

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Posted 17 April 2011 - 06:48 PM

Neat, am i correct by saying the red striped is a male?

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Posted 17 April 2011 - 08:09 PM

The male's stripe will turn bright orange/red during breeding. The rest of the year it will be black. So, yeah, orange/red = male

Edited by jblaylock, 17 April 2011 - 08:10 PM.


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Posted 19 April 2011 - 08:19 AM

Eastern blacknose dace




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