View Full Version : Identify your North American Native Fish
Mourinho18
09-29-2005, 10:42 PM
Okay, this seems to be a pretty popular thread, so I'm gonna ask you to identify this native fish. I'm pretty sure everybody knows how the rules work.
guppy
09-29-2005, 11:29 PM
I would say that is a Warmouth, Lepomis gulosis.
Mourinho18
09-29-2005, 11:44 PM
nope, guess again :D
sandtiger
09-29-2005, 11:47 PM
Banded sunfish
Enneacanthus obesus
Mourinho18
09-29-2005, 11:54 PM
:thumbsup: , very nice
fishnthings
09-29-2005, 11:57 PM
wow that is nice looking, are they capable to get? do they get big
sandtiger
09-29-2005, 11:59 PM
Yay, my turn.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/sandtiger/idfish.jpg
sandtiger
09-30-2005, 12:00 AM
wow that is nice looking, are they capable to get? do they get big
Actually they are pretty small. Something like 2". I am sure you could get them through someone who deals with natives. Johna's aquarium or the aquaculture store. They are a threatened species here in NY.
fishnthings
09-30-2005, 12:08 AM
aww, i wish they were bigger, if they are aggressive i wouldnt mind having a few in a 20gal.
im not good at knowing fish, but is this some kind of gobii, dont make fun of me...lol...i like to guess
bandeds are like blue spotted sunnies and Jonahs does carry them sometimes at around $8 ea., they aren't killers but are fiesty nest builders, and will stake out a territory and make threat displays and wrestle like the bluespots, they get around 3" long max.
I have kept bluespotteds but not these.
This next one will take some digging, can we have the max size?
sandtiger
09-30-2005, 8:04 AM
Around 5"-8".
Let's try to narrow this down, family cyprinidae,
maybe genus Nocomis
or Semotilus
or Macrhybopsis
or Margariscus
Although to big it looks like a cutlips (Exoglossum maxillingua) to me.
teleost
09-30-2005, 6:33 PM
Just to keep things moving I'm gonna take a wild guess. Even though the picture doesn't look like my local specimens, is it a Creek Chub?
sandtiger
09-30-2005, 7:25 PM
Although to big it looks like a cutlips (Exoglossum maxillingua) to me.
Is that an answer? :D
Mourinho18
09-30-2005, 7:27 PM
sounds like one to me :D
AmazonPredator
09-30-2005, 10:46 PM
So what is it? I wanna see a new pic. :woot:
sandtiger
09-30-2005, 11:23 PM
Go ahead guppy, post another fish.
guppy
09-30-2005, 11:58 PM
It was a cutlips,? been a while since I saw one and most sources list them as topping out at around 5" but I remember buying bigger ones for pike bait. okay here is a fish I have never seen except as a photo.
Mourinho18
10-01-2005, 12:19 AM
can you give us a hint?
sandtiger
10-01-2005, 12:45 AM
Turquoise Shiner
Cyprinella monacha
Okay, my hint is that it is the name that sandtiger posted, Your turn Stiger. Sweet looking fish, I would have guessed tropical
sandtiger
10-01-2005, 1:32 AM
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/sandtiger/ID%20that%20fish/biteme.jpg
Before I start looking I will guess Redhorse
black redhorse (Moxostoma duquesnii)?
sandtiger
10-03-2005, 6:38 PM
It is a redhorse. but not the black.
Okay but not bad for off the cuff guess, eh? how about the river redhorse or the shorthead (M. cainatum) or (M. macrolepidotum)
sandtiger
10-03-2005, 9:48 PM
Nope. It is the largest of the redhorses. It is very similer to the river redhorse you mentioned.
Mourinho18
10-03-2005, 10:08 PM
Greater Redhorse
(Moxostoma valenciennesi)
guppy
10-03-2005, 11:12 PM
Looks like Benfica is next to post a pic
Mourinho18
10-03-2005, 11:15 PM
:D , i only got it because he said it was the largest one you could find. Okay. Let me find something good here
Mourinho18
10-03-2005, 11:19 PM
alright, lets take a look at this beauty right here
sandtiger
10-03-2005, 11:52 PM
Redline darter
Etheostoma rufilineatum
Mourinho18
10-03-2005, 11:55 PM
excellent, post it up :thumbsup: , :D
Mourinho18
10-04-2005, 2:07 PM
post it up sandtiger :mwave:
sandtiger
10-04-2005, 6:41 PM
Oh yes...here you go.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/sandtiger/iloveyou.jpg
AmazonPredator
10-04-2005, 9:42 PM
The Shad?
Mourinho18
10-05-2005, 4:33 PM
I doubt this is right, and since I don't know if ^^^^^^^ is right, I'm gonna take a guess anyway and say Alosa-chrysochloris :confused:
Because of the dark spot I am guessing american gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) instead.
Mourinho18
10-05-2005, 4:40 PM
:ROFL: , boy was i WAY off
sandtiger
10-05-2005, 4:40 PM
Keep trying.
Menhaden? Breevorta patronus?
guppy
10-07-2005, 11:50 AM
took to long, heheh,
teleost
10-07-2005, 4:07 PM
I'm not very good with salt but ... Tarpon?
These are mainly river fish, sometimes brackish, rarely salt, and they are cold water. the drawing gives a good idea of what they look like with their mouth closed, think north.
teleost
10-07-2005, 5:24 PM
Inconnu!
sandtiger
10-07-2005, 8:03 PM
Yes? No?
Jeeze man, some of us have to work for a living.
It was a threadfin shad.
teleost
10-08-2005, 2:10 PM
The double lines threw me on the threadfin. I didn't know they had them.
Can you say how bid it is, I like darters but I can only tell a few apart, from the sharper nose and diffuse banding my first guess will be one of the percinas, the Appalachia darter (Percina gymnocephala)?
teleost
10-10-2005, 9:46 AM
Sorry for the absence guppy. That fish is about 4 to 4.25". It's native to the midwest (upper) and it's not Percina gymnocephala. It is a Percina though.
P. phoxocephala or P. evides?
teleost
10-10-2005, 3:42 PM
Yes... P. phoxocephala (slenderhead darter)
I didn't want to make it that easy.
You're next.
Okay, if you like oddballs this one is for you
sandtiger
10-11-2005, 3:41 PM
Bony tail
Gila elegans
sandtiger
10-11-2005, 8:02 PM
Gila cypha
Gila cypha it is, the humpback chub, Go for it Sandtiger.
Post a pic SandTiger. Please?
sandtiger
10-14-2005, 11:37 PM
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/sandtiger/whoamI.gif
Go for it, and good luck.
guppy
10-15-2005, 12:19 AM
Well, it is a madtom, genus Noturus, now to narrow it down, hmmm.
sandtiger
10-15-2005, 1:00 AM
Yeah...that was the easy part. :) It should not be as difficult as some of the other ones I have posted in the past.
First guess, N. leptacanthus, (speckled madtom.)
second guess N. insignis, (margined)
sandtiger
10-15-2005, 9:22 AM
Nope
guppy
10-15-2005, 12:40 PM
Give a guy a clue?
No clues? I seem to be stuck, I can eliminate a dozen or so but for the rest....,
Motag 7
10-17-2005, 12:51 AM
i have a 9.5" NOrthern pike, he is so cool
Motag 7
10-17-2005, 12:53 AM
i have a 9.5" NOrthern pike, he is so cool
yah i kind a didn't read anyone elses posts and then saw you guys playing a guessing game and then my post comes and it's completely from left field :D
sandtiger
10-17-2005, 12:56 AM
This is probably to large of a hint. It is a threatend species in part of it's range.
Motag...thats great, I have no idea why you felt you had to say that in this thread but thanks for shareing.
Motag 7
10-17-2005, 1:26 AM
sorry
It's alright Motag, welcome to MFK! You were in the right forum just wrong thread. There are a couple threads about northerns (great fish) or you could start one. Any guesses on this guy?
I haven't checked out your clue yet but how about mountain madtom? the (N. eleutherus)
After just a quick glance I found that almost all the madtoms are threatened in at least part of their range including placidus, baileyi, flavipinnis, rabida, stanauli, stigmosus, and gilberti, and that was just off one site, one unfortunately without pictures.
Well, if it not the mountain madtom I will give up.
sandtiger
10-17-2005, 9:40 PM
You are way to impatiant. Its is the mountain madtom.
I was patient, just saying that if that one was not right then I had no clue.Heheh. I've gotto go for now but I'll be back in a bit.
I'm back, a redundant statement I know. try this one.
sandtiger
10-19-2005, 12:08 AM
Ammocrypta bifascia
Bingo, first try. I want some.
sandtiger
10-19-2005, 10:54 AM
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/sandtiger/1212.jpg
I'm guessing northern pikeminnow but maybe sacremento pikeminnow, either Ptychocheilus oregonensis or P. lucius.
sandtiger
10-19-2005, 1:38 PM
Nope, not it.
Chiselmouth? (Acrocheilus alutaceus)
teleost
10-19-2005, 6:44 PM
peamouth?
sandtiger
10-19-2005, 7:29 PM
Chiselmouth? (Acrocheilus alutaceus)
Yup....you got it!!!!
Okay I will find a fish.
here ya go,
sandtiger
10-19-2005, 9:03 PM
Ameiurus brunneus
guppy
10-19-2005, 10:17 PM
I got to start picking fish that look like other fish, heheh. You got it, post one up!
sandtiger
10-24-2005, 6:36 PM
This is probably an easy one.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/sandtiger/fishy.jpg
Before I go look my guess is either a mooneye or an opal eye, not a fish I have ever seen alive.
Sorry, not opaleye, goldeye, so I'll think it is this one (Hiodon alosoides)
sandtiger
10-24-2005, 11:58 PM
Yup, I thought that one might be a bit easy.
I'll find a pic.
This one looks like it would make a nice tank fish.
sandtiger
10-25-2005, 3:48 PM
Ambloplites constellatus
Yep, Ozark bass, can't you just hear the banjo music? Your post.
sandtiger
10-25-2005, 8:17 PM
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/sandtiger/fishID.jpg
guppy
10-25-2005, 10:01 PM
cisco (Coregonus artedi)?
sandtiger
10-25-2005, 10:18 PM
Nope
mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni)?
sandtiger
10-26-2005, 4:30 PM
Nope, keep trying.
guppy
10-29-2005, 12:24 AM
No luck, yet, got a differently angled picture?
sandtiger
10-29-2005, 12:52 AM
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/sandtiger/fishfish.gif
guppy
10-29-2005, 11:48 AM
Man, ya got me, I have no idea what that is.
sandtiger
10-29-2005, 7:23 PM
Round Whitefish (Coregonus "Prosopium" cylindraceum)
sandtiger
10-29-2005, 10:04 PM
You can post one if you like, I don't care either way. If you want me to post another I can do that as well.
guppy
10-29-2005, 10:48 PM
Go ahead please.
sandtiger
10-30-2005, 12:01 AM
Here you go
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/sandtiger/whatami.jpg
Dormitator maculatus, the fat sleeper?
sandtiger
10-31-2005, 1:04 AM
Yup.
sandtiger
10-31-2005, 9:53 AM
Flier
Centrarchus macropterus
fish-fo-life
11-23-2005, 4:10 AM
Are any of you schooled?
sandtiger
11-23-2005, 10:14 AM
What? Do you mean like we went to school or something?
guppy
11-23-2005, 11:47 AM
Are any of you schooled?
No, I usually swim alone.
Just bringing this thread forward.
sandtiger
12-01-2005, 6:58 PM
Well to do that you gotta post soemthing. :)
Mourinho18
12-01-2005, 7:00 PM
sadly, without guppy and sandtiger, this thread would probably die. I'm just trying to learn and be a young grasshopper in the background :)
Here is a 4" fish that should not be to hard to look up.
sandtiger
12-03-2005, 6:54 PM
I know what it is but I'll give someone else a shoot first.
Gamefishin
12-03-2005, 7:37 PM
Blind Cavefish??? I think that's the name.
Close enough, this is the northern cavefish (Amblyopsis spelea) from Indiana and Kentucky, it is considered endangered because of it's limited habitat. It gets at max to around 4" long. Go ahead Gamefishin.
Gamefishin
12-05-2005, 6:44 PM
Alright I've been messing around long enough but still not familiar with those scientific names you guys are teming these fish with. I'll just go by the "English" version of their names if you know what I mean.
Here's two pic of the same fish......$20 bucks you guys get it wrong....other than sandtiger and guppy.
http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wMTE0NzY5NjZzNDEzZGZkMzF5NTQx.jpg
http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wMTE0NzY5NzZzNDEzZGZkMzF5NTQx.jpg
dapike1979
12-05-2005, 6:50 PM
Walleye!! YUMmy YUMmy YUMmy I got fish in my tummy!! & I don't Know What to do!!
dapike1979
12-05-2005, 6:50 PM
Also named Pickerel!
dapike1979
12-05-2005, 6:53 PM
Pay up!! hehe!! i have some in the river behind my house!! :thumbsup:
Gamefishin
12-05-2005, 7:10 PM
Pay up!! hehe!! i have some in the river behind my house!! :thumbsup:
Wrong.....not a walleye but keep guessing. Ok now Sandtiger and Guppy can join in and help you guys out. Trust me it's not a walleye. :D
sandtiger
12-05-2005, 10:26 PM
Suager
Dapike, one way you can tell the difference is the lack of a white spot on the bottom of the tail.
Gamefishin
12-05-2005, 11:49 PM
Hummm.....it's too easy for you two huh... :thumbsup:
Sauger
http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wMTE0NzY5NjZzNDEzZGZkMzF5NTQx.jpg
Walleye....notice the bottom tip of tail
http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wMTE0Nzc0MTZzNDEzZGZkMzF5NTQx.jpg
For those who don't know the Sauger is a cousin of the walleye but does not nearly get as large as the walleye. Some of you guys that want to keep walleyes as pets might want to consider a sauger since they will not grow too big like a walleye. I'm not exactly sure but I can try to find out. We went fishing in a river last summer and caught many saugers and walleye, they all live togeather. I wonder if they can ever breed since they are so close??? :screwy:
sandtiger
12-06-2005, 1:21 AM
Yes, they can breed. I don't know how often it happens in the wild but hatcherys breed them and release them. They are called saugeyes.
dapike1979
12-06-2005, 12:11 PM
:D Hey Gamefishin!! You Got me good!! Did you ever hear of a bleue colored Walleye?? Next time im in minnesota ill by Ya dinner!! hehe! :D
Gamefishin
12-06-2005, 5:17 PM
Nope never heard of a Blue walleye before but I was watching the fishing channel on cable and they were catching some monster walleyes in Lake Erie and it was a different color. Most walleyes I see are dark green with stripe patterns. Well these were a very light green color, maybe almost blue but they were huge. I didn't even know that walleyes can get that fat because most I see are kind of slim.
Dam Lake Erie, isn't that lake all polluted and nasty.....or was that back in the 50-60's :screwy:
Anyways yeah a few years ago we were catching saugers a lot and would think that they were walleyes. I just learn the difference a few years ago too.
Gamefishin
12-06-2005, 5:20 PM
Also I just heard not too long ago that there we some restuarant here in the Twin Cities that got busted for selling walleyes that weren't walleyes. There were a few gourmet/fancy/expensive restuarants too that were involve. You guys think they were cooking sauger and sell it as walleyes. I bet they taste the same too especially after it's all deep fried and crispy and golden and ................ :drool: :drool: :drool: Man I getting hungry.
sandtiger
12-06-2005, 6:11 PM
Ok everyone...here is the fish you need to ID.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/sandtiger/sh.jpg
sandtiger
12-06-2005, 6:12 PM
Yes, there is such a thing as a blue walleye aka blue pike. It is a subspecies of walleye that is considered endangered and may even be extinct.
http://www.nativefish.org/img/bluepike/Stizostedion-vitreum-glaucum-2.jpg
Read all about it here.
http://www.nativefish.org/bluepike/
Bluntface shiner, Cyprinella camura?
sandtiger
12-06-2005, 9:03 PM
Nope
teleost
12-07-2005, 9:35 PM
common shiner or maybe striped shiner
sandtiger
12-07-2005, 10:40 PM
Teleost got it...striped shiner.
Hey teleost...were you a member of the NAFF forum?
basile
12-08-2005, 8:35 PM
ahhh i cant remember the name of that one, im pretty sure i have one in my tank though, caught him in a a big stream or creek or something.....hes pretty cool
teleost
12-12-2005, 1:13 PM
Teleost got it...striped shiner.
Hey teleost...were you a member of the NAFF forum?
I don't think so but I'm not sure what NAFF is.
Sorry for the delay but here goes.
sandtiger
12-12-2005, 2:42 PM
This one might take some time.
NAFF was a forum for native fishkeepers that died out due to lack of interest. NAFF stands for North American Fish Fanatics. There was a member with the SN teleost.
how about the blackspotted topminnow? (Fundulus olivaceus)?
teleost
12-13-2005, 11:55 AM
Guppy is correct!
Sandtiger: I'm not the same person. But I am a native fish fanatic.
sandtiger
12-13-2005, 7:01 PM
Eleotris pisonis
Spinycheek sleeper
guppy
12-13-2005, 10:50 PM
Bingo, way to go Sandtiger.
sandtiger
12-13-2005, 11:08 PM
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/sandtiger/fi.jpg
paintboi101
12-14-2005, 12:05 AM
i dont even know what that is lol. hahahaha
teleost
12-14-2005, 1:48 PM
Clown goby?
Microgobius gulosus
sandtiger
12-14-2005, 2:23 PM
Yes
teleost
12-15-2005, 2:30 PM
Try this:
Maybe the iron color shiner, Notropis chalybaeus?
teleost
12-16-2005, 9:15 AM
Crap Guppy! I did my best to make this one difficult but possible to ID. Excellent job, you're correct Ironcolor it is!
Whoohoo! I have a list of at least a dozen possibles, I am suprised I got it first guess. I will be back with a pic.
Here is one that is nice but for some reason hard to keep.
teleost
12-20-2005, 3:17 PM
Diamond Killi, Adinia xenica
I've never heard these fish are hard to keep. I guess I haven't heard much about them to begin with though.
I'm currently looking for these fish since I have a perfect setup for them right now.
Sorry about being MIA, migraine kept me offline for a couple days, daimond killie it is Teleost, your post
http://www.killi.net/ and http://aka.org/modules/tinycontent3/ might be able to help you find some of these.
teleost
12-26-2005, 1:24 PM
Thanks for the links Guppy. One is new to me!
Try this one.
guppy
12-27-2005, 10:09 PM
Fundulus escambiae?
teleost
12-28-2005, 12:32 PM
Very close. This is an all male tank which turned these fish a bit dull in color since no females are around to impress.
Fundulus diaphanus diaphunus? banded killifish?
teleost
12-29-2005, 5:45 PM
Nope.
Taking a wild guess: golden topminnow? I don't know much about native fish except for the ones that are native to MN.
teleost
01-03-2006, 10:37 AM
Taking a wild guess: golden topminnow? I don't know much about native fish except for the ones that are native to MN.
If you traveled one state east (of MN) you would find find this fish.
Fundulus notatus or Fundulus dispar?
teleost
01-03-2006, 3:10 PM
Guppy got it.
Male Fundulus dispar
guppy
01-06-2006, 12:21 PM
I forgot to check this thread yesterday, anyway, here is a fish.
Nobody going to guess this little guy? should not be a hard one to look up.
fishnutham
01-09-2006, 10:18 PM
little sunfish or diamond sunfish
Gamefishin
01-10-2006, 12:24 AM
Rock Bass......dada.......wait I think it is. Usually rock bass has a red or darker eye but I'm sticking with the rock bass and that's my final answer.
I will be catching rock bass in the spring time and keep them.
Not a rock bass (ambloplitesrupestris) which gets to just over 17" max.
Also not a little sunfish or a diamond sunfish ( both the blue-spotted sunfish (Enneacathus gloriosus) and the banded sunfish (Enneacanthus obesus) are called by those names) they both reach just under four inches long.
This one is in the same family but is a different genus, this one is found in the same general area and gets to just over 8" long.
fishnutham
01-10-2006, 2:52 PM
a green sunfish maybe
fishnutham
01-10-2006, 2:59 PM
think you have it bass backwards guppy the small mouth bass gets bigger the rock bass is around 10" :)
I am just passing on the MAXIMUM size of the rock bass, they seldom get that big and 10" is much closer to average. The small moth reaches 28" and the large mouth reaches 37" but I have never seen them that large myself. The maximum size on a bluegill exceeds 16" but you rarely see them bigger than 12".
This one is not the Green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus), it is a bit smaller and lives further east.
Gamefishin
01-10-2006, 6:43 PM
Lepomis gulosus (Warmouth Sunfish) looks very similar..........yes or no???
teleost
01-10-2006, 7:23 PM
Lepomis gulosus (Warmouth Sunfish) looks very similar..........yes or no???
nope.
Gamefishin
01-10-2006, 11:44 PM
Well I about to wave the white flag but just can't find the stick..... :D
blacktip
01-11-2006, 12:15 AM
Acantharchus pomotis
Mud sunfish
sandtiger
01-11-2006, 12:22 AM
Mud Sunfish
Acantharchus pomotis
EDIT: Crap, you beat me to it!!
LOL! yep, that is the one. Blacktip was first.
Post one up.
blacktip
01-11-2006, 12:11 PM
Here ya go:
sandtiger
01-11-2006, 1:13 PM
Sacramento perch
Archoplites interruptus
I have spent days looking for a picture of that fish.
Gamefishin
01-11-2006, 8:00 PM
Acantharchus pomotis
Mud sunfish
That was a mud sunfish??? doesn't look like it's name.
They like shallow weedy water with mud bottoms.
blacktip
01-11-2006, 9:34 PM
Sacramento perch
Archoplites interruptus
santiger got it. let's see the next fish...
sandtiger
01-11-2006, 9:56 PM
It's not as hard as it looks.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/sandtiger/whatisthisfish.gif
sandtiger
01-14-2006, 6:49 PM
Trust me, the real pictures of this species blow and this one has by far the best detail.
USMCtanker
01-14-2006, 6:55 PM
looks kinda like a bala shark or something
Pomoxis
01-17-2006, 11:30 PM
Notropis Unknowntomeus
Sorry, working on my post count.
I cant even open the picture links, but it sure helps when the file name is the Latin Name, Guppy. Thanks! :D
fishyz
01-19-2006, 4:58 PM
I'm going to try the Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spilopterus or the Hornyhead Chub Nocomis biguttatus
fishyz
01-20-2006, 12:37 PM
wait i have some more the Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus and the Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
sandtiger
01-20-2006, 5:37 PM
No, i'll give someone one more guess and than I'll give the answer.
How about the Ghost Shiner (Notropis buchanani)?
Fish_are_fishfood
01-20-2006, 8:30 PM
Weed Shiner? Notropis Texanus
http://www.samford.edu/schools/artsci/biology/zoology/vertzoo-05s/photos/Weed-Shiner-(Notropis-texan.jpg
sandtiger
01-20-2006, 9:13 PM
Well...you got the genus name right. Your turn. :)
It was a ghost shiner Notropis buchanani
This was the only picture I could find, you can see how the drawing would be better.
http://www.crayfishworld.com/image/exocitsghostshiner.JPG
guppy
01-20-2006, 10:02 PM
Go back to post #200, I got it right! I also found this picture by John Lyons. I will find a pic.
sandtiger
01-20-2006, 10:33 PM
I must have missed it, sorry bout that.
guppy
01-20-2006, 10:35 PM
Try this one, it is a bit larger than the last.
fishyz
01-21-2006, 3:25 PM
So, who get to put up the next picture?
That would be me, the fish to guess is the one pictured in post #205.
fishyz
01-22-2006, 2:40 PM
I have nothing
Here is a hint, western USA.
teleost
01-23-2006, 2:25 PM
least cisco ? Coregonus sardinella
Nope, not a Coregonus.
There were 4 members of this genus, 3 of which were only found in California, one of those is now extinct. This is the largest of them.
teleost
01-23-2006, 4:10 PM
Tui Chub Gila bicolor ?
stotty
01-23-2006, 6:02 PM
Chiselmouth (Acrocheilus alutaceus)
Nope and nope, does it help to say it gets almost 18" long.
No more guesses, I'll give it another hour or so then post a new one.
All right, that was the Sacremento splittail (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus)
This next one comes with 2 clues, it is less than 2 inches long, and it is found in only a small area of a single state.
teleost
01-30-2006, 6:33 PM
I passed right near it's native range yesterday!
Cottus paulus Pygmy sculpin
That is the one :thumbsup: , your post!
teleost
02-01-2006, 4:42 PM
Sorry for the delay.
Try this one.
I have a couple guesses,
Fundulus nottii?
F. diaphanis monona?
or F. auroguttatus?
teleost
02-03-2006, 3:27 PM
Good try guppy but none of those.
This fish is native to about 5 states in the extreme Southeastern US.
cartersvillealex
02-04-2006, 3:30 PM
What about Fundulus escambiae?
teleost
02-04-2006, 3:35 PM
Not escambiae.
This fish has a range that extends a little north and eastward of escambiae with a little overlap.
cartersvillealex
02-04-2006, 3:39 PM
What about F lineolatus?
teleost
02-04-2006, 4:13 PM
What about F lineolatus?
You got it!
Your turn.
tenzokenny
02-04-2006, 6:39 PM
That fish looks cool
cartersvillealex
02-04-2006, 10:26 PM
Ok, let me find some decent pics...
teleost
02-09-2006, 7:26 PM
Where did he go?
He's off finding some decent pics.
Until he comes up with something try this:
teleost
02-09-2006, 7:28 PM
That's wierd. I can only see half of my fish??
I'll try it again:
ksiaquatics
02-09-2006, 10:32 PM
Golden topminnow - Fundulus chrysotus
Nice pics!
Chip in SC
teleost
02-10-2006, 11:36 AM
Golden topminnow - Fundulus chrysotus
Nice pics!
Chip in SC
Chip got it! (and thanks, I'm always trying to take better pics)
Now it's your turn
(watch out guys, Chip could stump us easy!)
Edit: BTW Chip that's your lined topminnow above. (I love those guys)
ksiaquatics
02-10-2006, 12:49 PM
Let me look through some of my other pics (and some from friends). I'll try to post one later today or tomorrow.
Chip in SC
ksiaquatics
02-10-2006, 7:41 PM
OK..try this one
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d18/ipchay61/Jimpics049.jpg
fishyz
02-10-2006, 10:35 PM
the golden shiner!
ksiaquatics
02-11-2006, 6:46 AM
nope!
redside dace (clinostomus elongatus)?
sandtiger
02-11-2006, 7:10 PM
redside dace (clinostomus elongatus)?
What??? :eek: I don't think so.
I am not sure what it is but here are my guesses.
Saffron Shiner, Notropis rubricroceus
Tennessee Shiner, Notropis leuciodus
ksiaquatics
02-11-2006, 11:14 PM
Sandtiger got it with the Saffron Shiner guess. They do look a lot like Tennessee shiner don't they?
Chip in SC
sandtiger
02-11-2006, 11:29 PM
Yes, they do look pretty similer. Okay, here is the next one.
guppy
02-11-2006, 11:38 PM
What??? :eek: I don't think so.
I am not sure what it is but here are my guesses.
Saffron Shiner, Notropis rubricroceus
Tennessee Shiner, Notropis leuciodus
LOL, I knew that was wrong but had no clue.
sandtiger
02-11-2006, 11:45 PM
I thought maybe you were drunk.
sandtiger
02-13-2006, 8:51 PM
Well? Any clues on the next fish?
teleost
09-06-2006, 11:53 PM
Try this one.
dredcon
09-07-2006, 8:00 AM
Phoxinus erythrogaster?
teleost
09-07-2006, 8:05 AM
Very good!
That is a YOY from this spring. I found a large group behind the discharge of the workings of a beaver. Beautiful to watch in the early spring sun.
That was pretty hard since they don't yet show adult color.
Your turn to post a fish and have us guess Dredcon:popcorn:
dredcon
09-07-2006, 8:46 AM
here's one, not the best pic so if no one gets it I will take a better pic
ksiaquatics
09-07-2006, 12:32 PM
Etheostoma swaini?
ksiaquatics
09-07-2006, 12:34 PM
Did anyone ever guess Sandtiger's? I think it's Cyprinella galactura.