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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: BladeKid on March 01, 2018, 11:36:52 AM

Title: Help with Fish ID
Post by: BladeKid on March 01, 2018, 11:36:52 AM

Hey folks,

These were caught in our minnow traps, set in agricultural ditches out in Abby/Chilliwack. Any coarse fish experts out there (Rodney)?
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Fish 1

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Fish 2

Title: Re: Help with Fish ID
Post by: Dave on March 01, 2018, 11:56:21 AM

Both cyprinids for sure, the first looks like a juvenile carp, the second a Peamouth chub or dace.

Edit:  that first could be a Brassy Minnow.

Title: Re: Help with Fish ID
Post by: wildmanyeah on March 01, 2018, 12:04:16 PM

I like to use this PDF, for salmon and other native fish its really good.

https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/home/library/pdfs/habitat/adfg_hr_id_cards_v1.1.pdf

Title: Re: Help with Fish ID
Post by: BladeKid on March 01, 2018, 12:45:15 PM

Thanks for the feedback so far. I'm pretty sure the latter is not a dace though.

Title: Re: Help with Fish ID
Post by: pwn50m3 f15h3r on March 01, 2018, 11:23:15 PM

Second could be a red side shiner

Title: Re: Help with Fish ID
Post by: ribolovac02 on March 03, 2018, 08:52:03 PM

It’s hard to c. It I’m very sure first is not a carp ...

Title: Re: Help with Fish ID
Post by: Every Day on March 03, 2018, 09:29:37 PM

The first looks like the juvenile goldfish from dragon lake that I see every year. It is, for sure, some type of cyprinid spp.

The second is a tough call. I was leaning to redsided shiner at first, but Dave's guesses of a dace or some other sort of chub are a good guess. It could also be some sort of other shiner species as well.

Don't use the black spots for ID on the second - that appears to be black spot disease from what I see in the picture.

Title: Re: Help with Fish ID
Post by: Dave on March 04, 2018, 12:04:11 PM

What makes the identification of the second fish more difficult is the fact dace and shiners interbreed ..

Title: Re: Help with Fish ID
Post by: BladeKid on March 04, 2018, 12:24:04 PM

This fish below was reported as a peamouth chub by an experienced aquatic biologist... Fish 2 looks very similar to this apparent p.m chub.
As yes, sorry the first pic is definitely not great.

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