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[BladeKid]

Hey folks,

These were caught in our minnow traps, set in agricultural ditches out in Abby/Chilliwack. Any coarse fish experts out there (Rodney)?

Fish 1


Fish 2

[Dave]

Both cyprinids for sure, the first looks like a juvenile carp, the second a Peamouth chub or dace.

Edit:  that first could be a Brassy Minnow.

[wildmanyeah]

I like to use this PDF, for salmon and other native fish its really good.

https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/home/library/pdfs/habitat/adfg_hr_id_cards_v1.1.pdf

[BladeKid]

Thanks for the feedback so far. I'm pretty sure the latter is not a dace though.

[pwn50m3 f15h3r]

Second could be a red side shiner

[ribolovac02]

It’s hard to c. It I’m very sure first is not a carp ...

[Every Day]

The first looks like the juvenile goldfish from dragon lake that I see every year. It is, for sure, some type of cyprinid spp.

The second is a tough call. I was leaning to redsided shiner at first, but Dave's guesses of a dace or some other sort of chub are a good guess. It could also be some sort of other shiner species as well.

Don't use the black spots for ID on the second - that appears to be black spot disease from what I see in the picture.

[Dave]

What makes the identification of the second fish more difficult is the fact dace and shiners interbreed ..

[BladeKid]

This fish below was reported as a peamouth chub by an experienced aquatic biologist... Fish 2 looks very similar to this apparent p.m chub.
As yes, sorry the first pic is definitely not great.