7 replies to this topic

[grant gourami]

Caught him at a local river. I think he's some kind of shiner?

[fundulus]

I can tell you with some certainty the fish in the photo is a shiner....

[Betta132]

We need a clear, up-close side view. Without that, we can barely even tell if it's a shiner or not. 

And I certainly hope you didn't just bring an unidentified native fish home and plonk it in your tank, that's a good way to accidentally capture native/illegal-to-keep species or bring in all kinds of pathogens.

[keepnatives]

wild guess, red side dace.

[grant gourami]

He's 100% not an endangered species or an invasive as the area I collect in is fairly healthy. And I did quarantine him and a bunch of dace in an isolation tank before introducing them.

[Michael Wolfe]

There are two big problems here, and I am going to suggest that we close this thread unless we can resolve them both.

1. the picture provides very little information for making a realistic ID
2. it sounds like you have already brought this fish home and the forum has rules about home IDs (please click here for the Identification Assistance subforum).

[grant gourami]

Here's a better view

[Betta132]

An area being seemingly healthy doesn't mean that the inhabitants aren't endangered or invasive. 

And you're definitely going to need a better pic than that. If the thread stays open, go look at the pictures in the ID threads for an idea of what is needed.