Need help identifying this darter caught in Northern Michigan

  • Michael Drozdowski
    Posts: 1
    October 28, 2020 at 6:36 pm #1983398

    Hey everyone. I’m an armature limnologist and I live on a small, deep, glacial, springfed lake in northern Michigan. I like to trap and record the species of the lake for fun, but this one is kind of tough to get a good positive ID on. It’s definitely a darter species, but I can’t say for sure what. At first I thought a slenderhead darter, but I got a closer look, and a much better picture, and it doesn’t have the same paterns or colors. Close. But now I’m thinking that it’s either a banded darter, or a female rainbow darter. Anyone with expertise out there care to weigh in?

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    Ahren Wagner
    Northern ND-MN
    Posts: 410
    October 28, 2020 at 6:48 pm #1983404

    My guess is either a female Johnny darter or female rainbow darter

    blackbay
    mn
    Posts: 816
    October 28, 2020 at 9:02 pm #1983445

    I took a closer look and I believe it’s a snook darter.

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