Native Fish ID's?

[jpenney]

Caught this in the Nueces River, Uvalde County, TX. Some type of darter but No-one can seem to nail down the spps:

and I caught this in a spring in Del Rio, Texas. Interesting glowing appendage. Some type of Gambusia but again no def. on the spps:

If anyone can ID these, your a better shade-tree ich guy than I.
Jason

 

[Polypterus]

there is a good possiablity that Gambusia is Gambusia clarkhubbsi and if it is I hope you did not collect that and bring it home with you. I personally lean toward Gambusia Nobilis

These fish were only recently discovered in San Felipe Creek off the Del Rio and are petitioned for listing under the Endangered species act. If not G. clarkhubbsi it is most definitly one of the fish in the Gambusia nobillis species group. These fish are all Federal and state protected endangered species.

I personally lean toward this fish being Gambusia Nobilis

 

[e!o!z!]

I'm sure it was catch, take picture, and release back into the river.

 

[ewurm]

Don't have that Darter in MN. Nice specimen though.

 

[teleost]

Looks off for Etheostoma grahami but thats my best guess.

Nice photos but Polypterus is right. You live in an area where many fishes are in serious trouble. Many endangered and threatened fish live near you. I would invest in a quality field guide or "fishes of" book for your area to keep you out of hot water.

I hear prision is a nasty place. Don't get me wrong, we know you didn'y go to collect fishes in trouble but ingnorance of the law will not help you in the eyes of the fish & wildlife. A good field guide and a set of small tanks to take photos in the field will save you from any future trouble.

If these fish have been in your tanks PLEASE DON'T RELEASE THEN INTO THE WILD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. It doesn't matter if these fish have bee in the tank 1 minute or 1 year. They could carry disease to the few reamining rare fishes in that location.

As Homer (Simpson) once said..."let's never speak of the shortcut again".