<p>I posted this photo on the nt-fishing forum about three weeks ago, and received several suggestions but I don't think there was a consensus as to what it is.</p>
<p>Caught in Decatur, GA</p>
<p><img alt="" src="http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss91/CMStwrt/IMG_0587-2.jpg" /></p>
Its not a golden shiner. Bens pics is for sure a golden shiner
Greenfin Shiner? Check out MNBowfinanglers lifelist pic. Thats an east coast fish too. Looks pretty similar.
Looks like Yellowfin Shiner to me. The location lines up and so do the counts of LL.
What do you think Doc? Greenfin is out of the range of that part of georgia according to my out dated peterson guide
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Since you got it in GA it is certainly a yellowfin shiner (Notropis lutipinnis). Yellowfins are found in the Savannah River drainage and to the West and South.
Greenhead shiners in North Carolina have white fins. In the Santee River drainage of South Carolina (which includes the the Broad, Saluda, and Wateree rivers in the Piedmont ecoregion) the greenhead shiners have yellow fins and look a heck of a lot like yellowfins, but genetically (and in some aspects physiologically - e.g. pharyngeal teeth counts) are much more similar to greenhead shiners and are thus called greenheads despite the yellow fins. I guess scientists are still trying to figure out the relationships of the Santee River drainage fish, and some are saying its a distinct species which may be called the "Piedmont Shiner" some day.
But like I said, since you got it in Georgia your fish has to be a yellowfin shiner.
Here are a couple of yellowfin shiners from the Savannah River drainage.
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Thank you MNbowfinangler!
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