This minnow was caught and released in the Baron Fork River in northeast Oklahoma. I was thinking either a big eye chub (Hybopsis amblops), but the lateral stripe wasn't very prominent in this specimen or a Hybognathus spp. but I have always thought they were usually caught in sand bed streams. Any ideas?
Help with Oklahoma minnow ID
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Posted 22 February 2016 - 04:05 PM
#2
Posted 22 February 2016 - 04:44 PM
Ozark Shiner, N. ozarcanus??
That is in the Illinois drainage, right?
I'm really not that good at out of state shiners. I guess I should be better since the NANFA convention was in Tehlequah last year.
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#3
Posted 22 February 2016 - 04:47 PM
Now I'm thinking Bigeye Chub, H. amblops
somebody save me from my helpless guessing
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#4
Posted 22 February 2016 - 04:54 PM
I am thinking H. amblops as well. Although, every specimen I can find has a distinct black lateral band which this fish is lacking. Yes, this is the Illinois River drainage.
#5
Posted 22 February 2016 - 05:09 PM
I've never seen the western Hybognathus species, but that guy sure does look a LOT like our eastern Hybognathus.
I've seen Hybopsis amblops in western NC, and they look quite different from your fish. So I'll guess Hybognathus.
Gerald Pottern
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Hangin' on the Neuse
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#6
Posted 22 February 2016 - 05:44 PM
I think you guys are right with Bigeye Chub.
#7
Posted 23 February 2016 - 05:46 PM
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
#8
Posted 23 February 2016 - 06:26 PM
Amblops.
My best guess at least from the few I have known. I have no business sounding 100% confident.
Edited by Matt DeLaVega, 23 February 2016 - 06:49 PM.
Clarification
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#9
Posted 07 March 2016 - 11:46 AM
Could be H. amblops we did catch them in the Illinois River, they were pretty common at the site we all sampled there. I'm not convinced though, could just be the angle that it is sitting at but I feel something is a little off. I might lean toward Hybognathus but I have little to no experience with those, only seen them once in person in WI.
Brian J. Zimmerman
Gambier, Ohio - Kokosing River Drainage
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