Please add Golden shiner,

By Aviatrix on Sat, 02/10/2018 - 13:44
Common Name: 
Golden shiner
Main Photo: 
Comments: 
We took the contract job to manage Leon Brooks Hines State Fishing Lake in Wing, Alabama. There is a little pond behind the lake and this was pulled out of it with a Wiggler. Would like to confirm that it os a Golden Shiner.
Species Assigned: 
Shiner, Golden
Adult Size : 
Micro
Region Caught: 
North America
Closed Without Identification: 
No

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Amia Calva's picture

Amia Calva - Sun, 02/11/2018 - 02:06

Might be a Rudd, will confirm once I get my books

Not sure how common rudd are in Alabama

2017 Goals: Longnose Sucker, Silver Redhorse, Chinook Salmon (X), Coho Salmon, Brown Trout (X), Lake Ontario Steelhead (X)
2018 Goals: Silver Redhorse (x), Big Channel Cat, Fallfish (x), Black Crappie (x), Sauger (X), Muskellunge (X)

philaroman's picture

philaroman - Tue, 02/13/2018 - 09:05

check USGS data:

https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?SpeciesID=648

https://nas.er.usgs.gov/viewer/omap.aspx?SpeciesID=648

 

P.E.T.A. sucks!!!  Plants are living things, too -- they're just easier to catch!

zippyFX's picture

zippyFX - Tue, 02/13/2018 - 06:39

The gill plate and the depth of the body are making me lean towards Golden Shiner.