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	Minnow from Florida
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	I found a rather large minnow (2.5") today in a shipment of Florida-bred feeder goldfish, and I need an identification. I'm really not familiar with Floridan Cyprinids at all. I think that it might be Hybognathus hayi, but there's about 20 other species that look very similar. I only got one decent picture of it, but it's pretty accurate. Any ideas? I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 25-Feb-2006 08:38
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	No one from Florida? I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 27-Feb-2006 02:38
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	It does not have the signature rounded nose of most minnows. I'm willing to bet a good amount of money that it's a shiner of some sort; Notemigonus crysoleucas, perhaps.
Posted 27-Feb-2006 05:06
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Edited by Jason_R_S Yeah, that looks more like it. I don't have room for an 8" Cyprinid. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 27-Feb-2006 06:16


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