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BladeKid

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Help with Fish ID
« 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)?

Fish 1


Fish 2

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Dave

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Re: Help with Fish ID
« Reply #1 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.
« Last Edit: March 01, 2018, 03:41:21 PM by Dave »
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Re: Help with Fish ID
« Reply #2 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
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Re: Help with Fish ID
« Reply #3 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.
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Re: Help with Fish ID
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2018, 11:23:15 PM »

Second could be a red side shiner
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Re: Help with Fish ID
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2018, 08:52:03 PM »

It’s hard to c. It I’m very sure first is not a carp ...
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Re: Help with Fish ID
« Reply #6 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.
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Re: Help with Fish ID
« Reply #7 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 ..
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BladeKid

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Re: Help with Fish ID
« Reply #8 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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