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Dan Andrews

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this one was barely alive. I picked it up with bare hands, snapped a quick pic or two and gently released it. I believe it was a crucian carp.

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Stretch

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A very tame heron but what kind?

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A very dead what?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooneye

Picture almost mimics the way chilli is holding it exactly.

Not a rudd fins aren't red like a rudd

Not a golden shiner

Not a cisco not elongated enough

The fish is a golden shiner the lateral line confirms it if you look at a mooneye the lateral line is straight where as that of a golden shiner is curved downwards.

This is shown clearly in chilli's picture but just in case I have drawn around this lateral line in yellow for the visually impaired.

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Do I get a prize? :worthy:

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According to the literature I have read and some english anglers ,that I have talked to, who've caught crucians in europe, there are no crucian carp in north america. Some were stocked in around Chicago, Illonois in the early 1900's but they died out. What we have here are gold fish that have reverted to their wild state and cross breeds with common carp.

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