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[NotCousteau]

These fish (shiners?) were trapped in Square Lake Minnesota. Are they juvenile spot fun shiners?

Thanks.

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[Matt DeLaVega]

Think you have a few species there.

[Michael Wolfe]

YES, the are definitely fun shiners

[Matt DeLaVega]

Minnesota Huh? Bet our young member Evan can do you best.

[MtFallsTodd]

With the clouds in the background, I say flying fish for sure.

[Matt DeLaVega]

Guessing you have emeralds and common shiners in there at least.

[NotCousteau]

Hahaha. They are fun shiners! Fat fingers here.

I've caught grown spotfin shiners with these smaller ones before, so I thought they might be the same.

Thanks for all of the help, everyone.

[Evan P]

Hey, Evan here, I definitely see some Spotfins in there, and maybe a few Emeralds as well. Cool find. In Square Lake maake sure you keep an eye out for Blackchin and Blacknose Shiners, I can't remember which are there. Same goes for Least Darters. Quite a nice body of water.

[Matt DeLaVega]

Well there you have it from one of you best local ID guys.

[NotCousteau]

Hey, Evan here, I definitely see some Spotfins in there, and maybe a few Emeralds as well. Cool find. In Square Lake maake sure you keep an eye out for Blackchin and Blacknose Shiners, I can't remember which are there. Same goes for Least Darters. Quite a nice body of water.

Thanks for the ID, Evan. They all look the same to me when they're this small.

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[Josh Blaylock]

Look like 2 Bluntnose Minnows in there

[NotCousteau]

Look like 2 Bluntnose Minnows in there

Thanks, Josh!

[Evan P]

They could be either, a more close-up picture would be useful to be sure.