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salamanderhunter
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little fish i.d.

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Observed several of these in a seasonal wetland in Northern Indiana with ambystomatid egg masses... can anyone i.d.? effect on amphib eggs? Thanks!

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looks like a mudminnow to me. i'm not sure if there are different types or not. we used to find them at the bait shop. they are cool, and we put them in our aquariums as kids.
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Muskiemagnet is right, they are Central Mudminnows (Umbra limi). A cool little fish that grows to around 5". They are closely related to the pike family and somewhat act like miniature pikes.

Muskie, there are different types, the Eastern on the east coast, Central in the midwest, Olympic in the Pacific NW and the wicked Alaska Blackfish in, you guessed it, Alaska.

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thanks for the info. i'm not into "minnows", but there is such a variety that i can see how someone could be highly interested.
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awesome! thanks guys.
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