Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Unknown fish to Identify




6 comments:

  1. Fish B=Snubnose Minnow (Pimephales notatus)

    Characteristics:
    -flat nose
    -black line extending on to nose

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  2. Fish A=Northern Studfish (Fundulus catenatus)

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  3. Guessing at Fish C= Goldfish (Carassius auratus)

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  4. C is incorrect.
    A is correct
    B - scientific name is correct, common name incorrect

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  5. I think roosterfish meant bluntnose minnow for for B. Also I think fish C is a bigmouth buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus).

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  6. David: B common name is bluntnose minnow and C is the Bigmouth buffalo - -which has a terminal mouth compared to smaller subterminal mouth in smallmouth and black buffalo

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