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My Unknown Fish

Started by Guest_ckraft_* , Feb 24 2007 02:28 AM

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#1 Guest_ckraft_*

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Posted 24 February 2007 - 02:28 AM

Just showed up, probably in a shipment of Rosy Reds we get from Arkansas.

sorry for the dirty photo tank.

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#2 Guest_Brooklamprey_*

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Posted 24 February 2007 - 08:40 AM

Just showed up, probably in a shipment of Rosy Reds we get from Arkansas.

sorry for the dirty photo tank. unknown_fish.jpg 45.02KB 4 downloads

That is a "Rosy red" also known as Fathead minnows..Pimephales promelas

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#3 Guest_sandtiger_*

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Posted 24 February 2007 - 09:54 AM

Yup, fathead minnow. Looks like a male coming into spawning mode. The rosy red is a color morph of the fathead.

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#4 Guest_smbass_*

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Posted 24 February 2007 - 11:29 AM

yep I agree too it's a fathead. Rosey reds are a color morph of fathead minnows that lack any dark pigments, this is a widespread color morph and ocurs in many species. I think I talked about this under another thread but realy don't know where. I have some pictures of redbreast sunfish that are this color morph in the NANFA photo galery if you want to see another species. Just look under Brian zimmerman, thats me, in the gallery.

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#5 Guest_ckraft_*

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Posted 24 February 2007 - 01:56 PM

yep I agree too it's a fathead. Rosey reds are a color morph of fathead minnows that lack any dark pigments, this is a widespread color morph and ocurs in many species. I think I talked about this under another thread but realy don't know where. I have some pictures of redbreast sunfish that are this color morph in the NANFA photo galery if you want to see another species. Just look under Brian zimmerman, thats me, in the gallery.

Thanks all, that is what I thought originally, but then I looked through Peterson's Freshwater fish and decided it didn't fit the description well enough.

It also doesn't behave like the others in the ponds, maybe because it was separated and put into an aquarium, it seems much more aggressive toward other fish.