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#1 Guest_NotCousteau_*

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Posted 19 September 2014 - 02:14 PM

Caught these out at Square Lake in MN. Any idea what they are? Thanks!

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#2 al10

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Posted 19 September 2014 - 05:12 PM

Kinda looks like a silverside but icant really tell, do you have pics.from underwater?

#3 Guest_NotCousteau_*

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Posted 19 September 2014 - 05:46 PM

We do have the brook silverside in MN but I think these are both some type of shiner. I think the bottom one might be a pugnose shiner.

Sorry, I don't have underwater or better pictures.

#4 Guest_Skipjack_*

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Posted 20 September 2014 - 05:36 AM

What are the possible shiner/ minnow species occurring in the area?

#5 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 20 September 2014 - 08:20 AM

I'm not very good at this game, but since you are not getting a lot of other guesses I will throw out a suggestion;
I think the second fish looks like N. hudsonius and they are in range for you (according to my Peterson's)
The first fish looks somewhat like a Lythurus or even a Cyprinella in the face anyway. That pointed nose and clear silver between the nose and the eye should be helpful, but MN is too far out of my comfort zone to guess.
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Posted 20 September 2014 - 12:23 PM

I like the way you think Michael. I was thinking Lythrus sp. and N. hudsonius. I still would like to see what fish are in the area that we can quickly exclude and narrow it down.

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Posted 20 September 2014 - 08:22 PM

The 2nd one looks a bit like a bluntnose minnow but hard to say at that angle.

#8 Guest_NotCousteau_*

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Posted 20 September 2014 - 10:49 PM

Sorry; I'm trying to figure our fish distribution using our DNR web site but I'm getting nowhere.

#9 Guest_Uland_*

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Posted 22 September 2014 - 06:57 AM

I can't be certain but the top fish looks like N. stramineus and bottom fish looks like N. heterolepis to me.

#10 Guest_NotCousteau_*

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Posted 22 September 2014 - 10:03 AM

Thanks for all of the guesses, everyone.

Uland, I think that first one is a sand shiner! Thank you!

I keep thinking that second one is Notropis Anogenus because of the spot at the base of the caudal penducle, but it does look a lot like N. Heterolepis.

I don't know how you guys do it; identification is so difficult. Next time, I'll take better pictures and bring a small container for underwater shots.

Thanks everyone.




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