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Thread: Id of fish??

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    Default Id of fish??

    I have found these little fish in pools along a river the past weekend. The river looks like it is going to dry up soon due to the drought in the western cape but when we did a more closer inspection we found them mostly hiding under a stump. we thought at first is tad poles, because the river is so low.
    What fish is it?
    http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/5857/p3130950.jpg
    Last edited by Francois; 17-03-11 at 08:50 AM.

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    Pics please

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    Mostly likely they're Cape galaxias, but that can only be established from a photo.

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    Sorrt, struggled with the pic, it is there now

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    i still cant see the pics?

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    They are hiding under the stump.
    Korrie Broos

    Don't go knocking on Death's door, ring the bell and run like hell. He hates it. (anon)
    Nymphing, adds depth to your fly fishing.
    Nymphing, is fly fishing in another dimension

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    Lets try again

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    Francois
    Those are red fins, unmistakably.

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    Cool, great to know there are still some around.

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    Yup, definitley Red fin minnows -Pseudobarbus spp. an indigenous and often threatened genus.
    What stream were they in? The species are pretty area specific.

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