These are very common in Gulf Coast streams.
The Red Shiner looks like a Red Fin Shiner, L. umbratilis.
Best Tom
>===== Original Message From "Johnson, Daniel (DanJohnson)"
<DanJohnson-in-chevron.com>
=====
>Peter,
>
>I was mulling over that species as a possibility. I don't see a barbel
>on the fish though. Maybe they don't always have them or maybe they are
>too small to easily see. I'm thinking you're probably correct though.
>I've never heard of a fish that wouldn't eat. I'm excited about this
>fish. It's a new one for me. Where I found them, there was a school of
>them hugging the bottom.
>
>--Dan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org [owner-nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org] On Behalf
>Of Peter Unmack
>Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 9:02 PM
>To: nanfa-l
>Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Pictures of fish from this weekend.
>
>
>On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Dan Johnson wrote:
>
>> I hope you're not getting tired of my pictures... :-) I spent time
>> this weekend in the San Jacinto and Brazos River drainages. Here's a
>> link to some shots:
>
>The first fish looks like Macrhybopsis storeriana. I never had any luck
>getting them to eat when I kept them. The red shiner doesn't look like
>a red shiner to me, but it could just be the picture too.
>
>Cheers
>Peter Unmack
>Provo River, Utah
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