fish i.d
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Posted 01 August 2011 - 09:12 PM
ok is this a creek chub !!! sorry bout the pics ,it was dark and the mosquito's were killing me. thanks
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Posted 01 August 2011 - 09:36 PM
What camera model do you have? I'd be able to look it up and point out the macro button for you. That helps a lot when taking close up photos.
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Posted 01 August 2011 - 09:50 PM
According to http://www.enature.c...p?recNum=FI0423 , the creek chub has 9 dorsal fin rays and the sandhill chub, a similar species, has 9 dorsal fin rays. Where did you find this fish? The range can help identify it.
Also, I'm no expert (not at all), but that fish doesn't really look like this image: http://www.fcps.edu/.../creek_chub.htm Was the fish you caught in spawning colors?
Also, I'm no expert (not at all), but that fish doesn't really look like this image: http://www.fcps.edu/.../creek_chub.htm Was the fish you caught in spawning colors?
Edited by EricaWieser, 01 August 2011 - 09:55 PM.
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Posted 01 August 2011 - 10:12 PM
ok is this a creek chub !!!
No, it is not... looks more Luxilus to me in body and head shape... my Peterson's says you have common shiners in Mass... and even shows the red edges to the fins that I think I see...
...asking is of course OK... but check out the book... 15 bucks and you can study up on em, and learn em right there before the mosquitos can get a chance to eat you up...
http://www.amazon.co...d/dp/0547242069
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Posted 01 August 2011 - 10:14 PM
Yeah, that fish is a Luxilus and almost certainly cornutus at that.
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Posted 01 August 2011 - 11:18 PM
If it were in MS I would say striped shiner...otherwise yeah, I second Bruce on that ID.
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Posted 02 August 2011 - 06:27 AM
ok so its a common shiner and it was just caught yesterday,it was a creek that drops out of a pond and there is a drop off of rocks in a pool.so it's like a little water fall. this was caught in mass. thank you i have a Sony cyber shot 12.1.
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Posted 02 August 2011 - 11:41 AM
According to page 14 of the manual for the Sony DSC-W210/W215/W220/W230 (pdf: http://www.docs.sony...ase/DSCW220.pdf ), the macro button is on the left side of the circular button and is represented by a tulip flower. You can toggle the macro on and off by pressing that tulip-like flower during the picture taking mode. Press once to turn macro on; the screen will tell you it's on. Press it again to turn macro off, again indicated by an alert on the screen.i have a Sony cyber shot 12.1.
Turning macro on will tell the camera to focus on objects close up. It'll come in handy for taking pictures of fish in the future.
Edited by EricaWieser, 02 August 2011 - 11:42 AM.
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Posted 02 August 2011 - 05:21 PM
For crying out loud, does anybody bother picking up a book and checking range maps before sharing their opinion anymore? OR even worse, just look up some Google Images for "minnow"?
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Posted 02 August 2011 - 06:01 PM
i think its a bullfrog 
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Posted 02 August 2011 - 08:14 PM
I dont have books on fish and i did the Google deal just figured i would get some professional input !!!thanks lol so is it a stripped or a common ?
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Posted 03 August 2011 - 07:40 AM
common, based on range maps (and my original answer... and bruce's answer... an icthyologist that used to live in Mass.)... check out this link for a free brochure of freshwater fishes of mass.I dont have books on fish and i did the Google deal just figured i would get some professional input !!!thanks lol so is it a stripped or a common ?
http://www.mass.gov/...heries_pubs.htm
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Posted 03 August 2011 - 11:24 AM
<cough> green sunfish <cough> <cough>
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Posted 03 August 2011 - 01:32 PM
sure, but remember 80% is only a B-<cough> green sunfish <cough> <cough>
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Posted 05 August 2011 - 09:35 AM
sure, but remember 80% is only a B-
Is there a pass / fail option?
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Posted 09 August 2011 - 12:53 AM
No thinking for yourself Dave! Didn't you learn that in school?For crying out loud, does anybody bother picking up a book and checking range maps before sharing their opinion anymore? OR even worse, just look up some Google Images for "minnow"?
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