What kind of minnow is this?

[evan grass]

Hey guys, I live in Michigan and this weekend I made a trip up to the Au Sable River. I caught this minnow and i was wondering if you guys could help me ID it. Any help would be great. Thanks!!!
-Evan

 

[Wulfonce]

Looks kinda like a male Western Blacknose Dace, however I've never seen one with a brown stripe. Its normally black.

 

[MultispeciesTamer]

western blacknose dace or finescale dace

 

[wonderboy1377s]

Ya it looks like a western blacknose dace to me also.

 

[wonderboy1377s]

western blacknose dace or finescale dace

Its not a finescale, the mouth isn't terminal.

 

[sandtiger]

Blacknose dace, males will develop a reddish color to their stripe during the breeding season.

 

[MultispeciesTamer]

Its not a finescale, the mouth isn't terminal.

kk yeah i just went to the list of michigan fish looked at all the native daces and seen that there both look similar down the side I forgot to look at the mouth.

 

[evan grass]

Thanks for all your help guys!

 

[Dempseygunz]

Just saw a tv show on bass today... Large mouth bass looked just like that.

 

[thatone]

Definitely not a bass. I don't know what it is but looks like it has some black spot disease.