I collected these recently and can't really tell a few of them. I think the ones with the clear black horizontal line is a stoneroller(?)
The rest I am not sure. There a some when under sunlight has a purple tinge to it, are these striped minnows? They just change color so much depending on lighting situation so I can't pinpoint them. I am attaching a few photos to illustrate. Please help me ID these guys to see if there's more than two species.
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ID help on some tiny minnows
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, Apr 02 2007 11:36 PM
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Posted 02 April 2007 - 11:47 PM
What drainage were they collected in? That would help a lot.
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Posted 03 April 2007 - 05:56 AM
What drainage were they collected in? That would help a lot.
Its a creek that runs off of Missouri River, in central missouri. Is there a site where I can find my area map with creeks etc?
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Posted 03 April 2007 - 08:04 AM
http://www.natureser...dHucs/index.jsp
That should help.
Some of those species look a bit like missisipi silvery minnows. We have a similar species here.
That should help.
Some of those species look a bit like missisipi silvery minnows. We have a similar species here.
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Posted 03 April 2007 - 09:01 AM
I'd say you have at least 3 species. You have some kind of stoneroller (Campostoma sp.), looks like maybe a couple that are a Luxilus sp., and picture number two (from the top) looks like a Lythrurus sp.. You may have more than that too, the small silver minnows give me trouble especially outside of Ohio.
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Posted 03 April 2007 - 09:48 AM
I'll agree with Brian above. There's at least one Lythrurus species, in photo two, with that spot at the front base of the dorsal and the lateral stripe more pronounced in the rear, and some mix of Luxilus species (singular?) and stonerollers.
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Posted 05 April 2007 - 10:46 PM
That bamboo ain't gonna make it.
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Posted 07 April 2007 - 03:37 PM
oops hey Irate sorry didn't tell you the bamboo is fake. I was gonna use real bamboo till I found out they wont grow leaves underwater so I got some fake ones made by Tetra. Its their line of Tetra Water Wonders Asian Bamboo...I really like they looks real. My cherry shrimp babies love to hang around and hide in the leaves.
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Posted 07 April 2007 - 10:36 PM
Looks VERY real!oops hey Irate sorry didn't tell you the bamboo is fake. I was gonna use real bamboo till I found out they wont grow leaves underwater so I got some fake ones made by Tetra. Its their line of Tetra Water Wonders Asian Bamboo...I really like they looks real. My cherry shrimp babies love to hang around and hide in the leaves.
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Posted 04 May 2007 - 11:47 PM
Wow I just noticed today that among the minnows I have is a pair of Red Shiners. The male started to color up and I could see the blue triangle behind its gill and the red tail...also the female's belly is big, eggs? Are these guys easy to breed?
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Posted 06 May 2007 - 03:54 PM
Wow I just noticed today that among the minnows I have is a pair of Red Shiners. The male started to color up and I could see the blue triangle behind its gill and the red tail...also the female's belly is big, eggs? Are these guys easy to breed?
Yes.
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