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[FishyJackson]

dace/chub confusion was inevitable.  Caught these in the Saw Mill River NY.  Are all of the below fish Creek Chubs? (except the last fish which I believe to be a Longnose Dace)

 

 

1)First caught some of these at one spot, Creek Chubs with no horizontal line I think

 

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2)Then at another spot way upstream caught this little guy, figured was a Blacknose Dace...

 

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3)But it turned there were tons of Creek Chubs at this spot, all had the horizontal line prominent, caught these all shapes and sizes and the small ones I checked seemed to have the dark spot on base of dorsal fin, so I guess the small ones werent Blacknose Dace but were juvenile Creek Chubs?

 

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4)Then caught one of these, Longnose Dace?

 

 

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[Matt DeLaVega]

Last one is a blacknose dace.

[FishyJackson]

thanks Matt, Blacknose it is...guess the nose ain't long enough.  Was hoping was a Longnose because they seem far less common around those parts

 

It's interesting the same-sized Creek Chubs lacked the stripe in a different part of the river

[Matt DeLaVega]

What Nocomis species might be in your area?

[FishyJackson]

What Nocomis species might be in your area?

 

I looked up Nocomis and I'm pretty sure none of them occur in that area

[Michael Wolfe]

they all looked like creek chubs to me except that last one

[FirstChAoS]

Their is a chance the first one could be a fallfish, but other than the rhincthys most look creek chub