Taylor Blake Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 I think it's fun when I get the chance to help identify a fish. I would guess others on here get similar satisfaction from it. Feel free to post a picture (doesn't have to be yours) of a fish or plant. If you would like help identifying give us as much info as you have on it. Or if you know what it is and you want to give others the chance to give their best at an ID feel free to post a pic to see if others can get it. This can also be a chance to learn about new species. I'll start can any one ID this fish. I'll give you a hint it's a US native 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Tessellated Darter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Blake Posted October 5, 2020 Author Share Posted October 5, 2020 (edited) @AubreyNo but very close it's a johnny darter from Minnesota. So I'll give it to you because they look so similar and really the only difference is size and the range they are found who has the next one? Edited October 5, 2020 by Taylor Blake Added question 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Blake Posted October 6, 2020 Author Share Posted October 6, 2020 I'll go again if no one has one. What is this fish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDukeAnumber1 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I wish I saw this earlier I actually knew that was a johnny darter. I want to guess another fish native to MN creeks but that doesn't look like any US native I'm familiar with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Dwarf chain loach? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Blake Posted October 6, 2020 Author Share Posted October 6, 2020 @Danielyup you got it👍 do you have a challenge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 @Taylor Blake I got this one last week. What could it be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDukeAnumber1 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 A variety of pygmy sunfish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I don't believe so, but the reason I hedge is I haven't ID'd it yet. It is not Elassoma sp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 The one above I think is a juvenile of this adult. The adult coloration is more intense. This what is it looked like the moment I caught it. Notice the wild caught hornwort too. The fish were hiding in the hornwort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 @Danielbluespotted sunfish? enneacanthus gloriosus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 @Aubrey Yes! That’s what I think it is. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I just got into fishing, about two weeks ago, for the personal purpose of surveying the populations of native fish in my area. I have been using the Peterson field guide and the National Audubon Society field guide to fishes. It's pretty hard still with all the variation wild fish could have compared to the images provided. I've learned that the answer usually lies somewhere between the books and Google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Id? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Blake Posted October 6, 2020 Author Share Posted October 6, 2020 @MACgreen swordtail? I will say Livebearers are not my specialty @Danielthat is a cool little sunny. I've had blue spotted in the past and mine was a lot darker. I think that could also be a banded sunfish (Enneacanthus obesus) but Juvenile colors always make it hard to tell the difference with the native sunfishes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 @MAC I am going with Xiphophorus hellerii on the wild type green swordtails. Very pretty fish! How about eggs? I found these a few minutes ago in the 1930s Historically Accurate Planted Aquarium: I think it is @Aubrey's turn to stump us. Or anyone else for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 @Daniel the swordtail is a "wild" type of some sort, helleri being my guess as well. As for those eggs??? I have no ideas, did you get a frog in there? @Aubreyim going with mottled sculpin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Blake Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 @Daniel what do you have in that planted tank? is their Cory cat by any chance? As for the sculpin @AubreyI would have to know where it was collected because I know their is a species for almost every drainage basin 😂 based on color I don't think it's a mottled. So my guess is a Banded sculpin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 @MACand @Taylor BlakeI'm not 100% certain, but I think it is a banded sculpin. Based on I collected it in northwest Arkansas, it has a full lateral line, and the dorsal fins are not joined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Anyone wants to ID these guys? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Blake Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 European bitterling? If not a European then its the rosy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 32 minutes ago, Taylor Blake said: European bitterling? If not a European then its the rosy Yes, it's rosy bitterling, Rhodeus ocellatus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Caught in a tributary of the White River in NW Ar. Looking for second opinions. Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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