Need help identifying this minnow
#1
Posted 09 April 2019 - 07:33 AM
#2
Posted 09 April 2019 - 05:44 PM
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."
#3
Posted 09 April 2019 - 07:03 PM
#4
Posted 09 April 2019 - 07:07 PM
Edited by JoeDundee, 09 April 2019 - 07:08 PM.
#5
Posted 09 April 2019 - 07:33 PM
Has a deep body like a red shiner.
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#6
Posted 09 April 2019 - 10:39 PM
I'd vote red shiner too.
Gerald Pottern
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Hangin' on the Neuse
"Taxonomy is the diaper used to organize the mess of evolution into discrete packages" - M.Sandel
#7
Posted 09 April 2019 - 10:50 PM
#8
Posted 10 April 2019 - 06:48 AM
So you re telling me that these are all the same species?
#9
Posted 10 April 2019 - 04:44 PM
Definitely not a bluntnose minnow. Shiner of some kind for sure.
#10
Posted 10 April 2019 - 04:49 PM
#11
Posted 10 April 2019 - 06:16 PM
Top and bottom fish may be Lythrurus. Check for black pigment at anterior base of dorsal fin. Middle fish screams Cyprinella.
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#12
Posted 10 April 2019 - 07:47 PM
#13
Posted 11 April 2019 - 07:54 PM
& the 3rd kinda looks like Notropis stramineus (Sand Shiner) with that stripe.
#14
Posted 11 April 2019 - 08:30 PM
#15
Posted 11 April 2019 - 10:48 PM
https://www.google.c...=0P0uF23Zx59VrM
Edited by Darter keeper, 11 April 2019 - 10:49 PM.
#16
Posted 12 April 2019 - 06:32 AM
#17
Posted 12 April 2019 - 08:50 AM
I think you are right with redfin shiner. Easy to confirm if you raise the dorsal fin and look for pigment. It is not always as obvious as it is in this photo though. I believe I see a hint of it in your top photo.
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#18
Posted 12 April 2019 - 09:23 AM
Lythrurus shiners (redfin, scarlet, etc) have small crowded anterior body scales, compared with rear half of body, as seen in Matt's photo. In Joe's 3 photos the scales are all pretty close to the same size; no distinct change from front to back.
Gerald Pottern
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Hangin' on the Neuse
"Taxonomy is the diaper used to organize the mess of evolution into discrete packages" - M.Sandel
#19
Posted 12 April 2019 - 12:38 PM
There are some of those big river shiners to think about. Ghost shiner, river shiner etc. People rarely sample them, and they are not often thought about.
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#20
Posted 18 April 2019 - 10:39 PM
Cyprinella.
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