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<p>Caught in August, Clam River, Burnett County, WI</p>
<p>I figured it was a common shiner, and still do. But recently I was looking at some website (which I now can't find) that showed lots of fish that looked almost identical to each other but were apparently different species. This post is a hail mary, just in case it turns out that this is or might be something different.</p>
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Commons or striped
And since striped are not found in Wisconsin I would say Common.
The banding pattern on the side is a tell tale common trait. That and the mouth shape and size.
here is a great database and id info for Wisconsin fish
http://www.wiscfish.org/fishid/frames.aspx
Striped Shiners are apparently found in a river near Milwaukee but they are rare.
That is for sure a Common Shiner.
OK, that's what I thought. Just wanted to be sure. Thanks, guys.
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