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ID Help Please

Started by Guest_mshi_* , May 06 2007 08:54 AM

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#1 Guest_mshi_*

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Posted 06 May 2007 - 08:54 AM

I am new to the native fish hobby and would appreciate some help to ID these fish. I have a few reference books and think I have the larger (horizontal striped) fish ID'ed as a black nosed dace, but can't find anything that looks like the smaller (small vertical bars) fish. They were collected in Hickory Run State Park in Northeast PA in a large pool (size of a small lake) near a small waterfall. The larger fish is about 2 1/2" and the smaller is about 3/4". I apologize for the quality of the photos. It was the best I could do.

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#2 Guest_teleost_*

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Posted 06 May 2007 - 09:20 AM

Honestly can't be sure but I'll bet the last photo is a pre smolt trout :-k

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#3 Guest_Skipjack_*

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Posted 06 May 2007 - 10:18 AM

Yep, the second picture is a salmonid, still showing parr marks. A good rule of thumb would be to not bring fish home until you are able to properly ID them. A small tank to take pics at the stream is best. I say this because the trout is surely illegal for you to have taken. But I am sure we have all made the same mistake a time or two.
First fish looks like a blacknose dace to me.