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[digital_run]

Hey...

I asked in the coldwater section and no luck so far Original Thread...So maybe the exposeur in this section will solve the mystery. We have since released him after a nice long acclimation...He seemed to dart right off and hopefully will have no problems. I've since learned that he was kept in that dirty little 10gal with no filtration and sometimes a fill up with tap water for almost 4months now....So he deserves a chance for being such a fighter.

I think its some kind of trout...but i havent been able to find a pic/site that will make a definate I.D.

The first person to I.D this fish wins a prize.....

(fineprint-rules-regulations.Winners must live in Greater Toronto area to accept prize and must be legal drinking age.Prize includes drinking until you drop and trying to get a toronto cab that wont rob you blind)

 

[-*-MicHAeL-*-]

it defiently isnt a trout

i think it may be a gudgeon or a dace

 

[Snailguy101]

It's a dace fish I think

 

[cometcattle]

After looking at the top pic, the jaw of the fish resembles that of a Muskie or a Northern Pike.

 

[superjalami30]

That isnt a pike, muskie, dace or gudgeon.
I'm not sure what it is, but I'm certain it isn't any of the above.
If I had to guess, I would say its some sort of minnow, maybe a shiner of some sort.

I'm checkin out this link:
http/www.sis.ec.gc.ca/ec_species/ec_species_e.phtml

Maybe we'll find our answer here.

 

[abstract]

it's really tough...it almost looks like a bass minnow by the shape of its mouth...where was it found? lake ontario? check out this site:

http/www.seagrant.wisc.edu/greatlakesfis...tFishIndex.html

EDIT: take a look at adult rainbow smelt...looks pretty similar (or maybe lake whitefish)

 

[digital_run]

Yea it was caught in lake Ontario, should of mentioned that before....Good link abstract....not the best pic...but look at the eyes Lake whitefish.

 

[abstract]

lol, so does that mean you think it may be that or that you see differences? the coloration def. looks off and the head/jaw looks slightly more distinct in your specimen, but i think it may be one of those with ill effects from living in a home aquarium

 

[digital_run]

I was tryin to say that i think they look alike...It's not the best picture because you can't really see the front of its face...They have the same line going down the side...so the color could be the poor conditions like you said.

 

[wrs]

It looks like a skinny shiner to me

 

[Wiggler 1]

Looks to me like a silver chub....use to catch them with nets all the time at the
mouth of the Humber river when just a wee lad....

 

[abstract]

Looks to me like a silver chub....use to catch them with nets all the time at the
mouth of the Humber river when just a wee lad....

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kind of, but the jaw is really different

http/www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca/search/spec...m?SpeciesID=114