What kind of fish is this

[McWally]

https://www.maine.gov/ifw/docs/lake-survey-maps/hancock/spring_river_lake.pdf
 

best guess, common shiner.....

[Sk8man]

It isn't a Common Shiner as the body shape isn't right (shiner wider and almost hump shaped back and the fins are orangish.

As far as the Spot Tail Shiner have a look at this pic and note the spot https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?SpeciesID=596

 

Edited March 12, 2022 by Sk8man

[whaler1]

On 3/11/2022 at 1:52 PM, Goldfresh said:

Fresh in a minow  trap in maine

Seems pretty simple. Caught in a minnow trap……..

it’s a minnow

[Gill-T]

Yep 👍 

[Goldfresh]

Its not simple cause there are different types of minows and I want to know what that one is 

[whaler1]

Why?

[Goldfresh]

Cause if its not a shiner I don't want it in with the shiners and it needs to be a different price.  

[spoonfed-1]

On 3/9/2022 at 8:19 PM, Goldfresh said:

I caught this in maine can someone please tell me if this is a Spottail shiner or a chub ?

I heard back from my client who is a Maine guide. This is what he said.

 

 

Hi Glen, Ģlad to hear from you.   From the photo,, my thought is that it's Dace Shiner, sometimes called a Black Nose Dace. If you look at the fish that are listed in that lake, you'll see thar there are "killi" fish and that is not a killi. However ,   they don't list the Dace, which is not uncommon. I didn't bother to look at the fish listed for Tunk Lake, only separated by a stream. I actually didn't know that Tunk dumped into that pond. I have fished Tunk many years ago for salmon. Looking forward to fishing. Take care. Bob

 

 

 

 

 

[Goldfresh]

Thank you so much for your help

[Kingme2Go]

16 minutes ago, Goldfresh said:

Cause if its not a shiner I don't want it in with the shiners and it needs to be a different price.  

That's not a blacknose dace.This link shows one

 

If.you want an ID take it to your local DEC regional headquarters and get an ID from a biologist. Identification of minnows from a picture is difficult at best even if you take a good picture and know the characteristics.

 

Maybe this is what you are getting at Goldfresh and you want to be responsible, but If you don't know what it is, DO NOT sell it.  Below are the allowable baits for purchase in NY.  Collection, transport and sale (and use) of an unidentified bait from Maine sounds risky and may.be illegal.

https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/fishguide.pdf

 

From the regs guide...

Greenlist

Golden shiner • Emerald shiner • Common shiner • Spottail shiner • Banded killifsh • Fathead minnow • Bluntnose minnow • Eastern silvery minnow • Northern redbelly dace • Stonecat • Tadpole madtom Blacknose dace • Longnose dace • White sucker • Northern hogsucker • Creek chub • Fallfsh • Logperch • Margined madtom • Brindled madtom 

 

 

[spoonfed-1]

21 minutes ago, Kingme2Go said:

That's not a blacknose dace.This link shows one

 

 

Thats a drawing of a Black Nose Dace. Here is a photo of an Eastern Black Nose Dace. And their appearance varies quite a bit.

 

 

Edited March 13, 2022 by spoonfed-1

[spinfly]

Did you happen to contact anyone at the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries for their advice?

[Pair of Jacks]

Smelt was my first thought as well

[schreckstoff]

Possibly an Eastern Silvery Minnow (Hybognthus regis)

 This one had me stumped for awhile so I reached out and “the B-man” suggested Eastern Silvery. This was a new species to me, but appears we have it in LO and it can get confused with spottails  or other species. Based on the pics I’ve looked at seems to fit. Below are some of the more interesting sites I looked at about ESM.

 

https://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/94437.html

 

https://vtfishandwildlife.com/sites/fishandwildlife/files/documents/Fish/baitfish/eastern-silvery-minnow.pdf

https://www.turnerpublishing.net/news/2017/12/19/outdoors-in-maine-the-baitfish-bugaboo/

 

https://www.maine.gov/ifw/wildlife/reports/pdfs/SGCN_Reports/SpeciesConservationRanges/Hybognathus regius_HUC12.pdf