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#1 Betta132

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Posted 05 February 2016 - 03:25 PM

I'm trying to put together a personal database of adult and fry photos of various North American fish to assist in identification. Anyone know what this little guy is? I thought he was a bluegill on capture, but his colors don't quite look right. Might be due to the fact that he really didn't like the photo tank. He wasn't being squished, but he'd been upside-down and I'd just flipped him over. 

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#2 sbtgrfan

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Posted 05 February 2016 - 03:42 PM

I'd say bluegill. The bars and the dorsal spot pretty much confirm it for me.


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#3 Cu455

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Posted 05 February 2016 - 04:26 PM

I can't really help with the ID but I like your container idea. I stole your idea and made one for myself.

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Edited by Cu455, 05 February 2016 - 04:27 PM.


#4 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 05 February 2016 - 05:16 PM

http://forum.nanfa.o...ntifications-2/

 

Does this help?


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#5 Betta132

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Posted 05 February 2016 - 09:57 PM

He looks a lot like the photo of a juvenile coppernose bluegill. Are coppernose bluegills ever found in Texas? 

@Cu445, thanks! It's helpful if you have something to keep the fish in a narrow space right up against the wall- mine has a sheet of acrylic that I can add or remove, so that little guy is in a space only about half an inch wide. Makes it easy to get a side view of even a panicking fish. That guy's borderline, though- with fish any larger than him, it's best to just gently cradle them on their side right at the surface of the water. They usually flare their fins out and go totally still in hopes of not being eaten. 



#6 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 05 February 2016 - 10:19 PM

I'd say bluegill. The bars and the dorsal spot pretty much confirm it for me.

 

Agreed. Everything about that fish says bluegill.


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