Shinners

[sharpy]

Do any of you keep shinners? I have a cople of them. They are pretty skittish.

 

[piranha45]

they school together like minnows, right?

 

[guppy]

Lots of things are called shiners

 

[sharpy]

they school together like minnows, right?

They are a form of minnow.
I don't know the latin name. They are the kind of fish you use as bait under the name shinners or chubs. Although they probably sell lots of different fish under the name shinner so there isn't any way to tell specifly what kind I have. Here's a better question. Do any of you buy live fish bait as a pet? Like ''shinners'' for example.

 

[guppy]

They are a form of minnow.
I don't know the latin name. They are the kind of fish you use as bait under the name shinners or chubs. Although they probably sell lots of different fish under the name shinner so there isn't any way to tell specifly what kind I have. Here's a better question. Do any of you buy live fish bait as a pet? Like ''shinners'' for example.

As a kid I kept emerald shiners from local bait shop, that was in north dakota, Oregon does not allow live fresh water fish to be used as bait, mmoneyes and golden shiners are very pretty.

 

[iheartfishies]

I thought you guys meant black eyes.

 

[Parz]

Do any of you keep shinners? I have a cople of them. They are pretty skittish.

they are called SHINERS, and 2 of them are a COUPLE.

 

[iheartfishies]

I saw that there are a couple diff shiners that are endangered.
Or did I hear wrong?

 

[GTS]

I grew out a shinner to about 12" but it was eaten by my sailfin pim.

 

[guppy]

I saw that there are a couple diff shiners that are endangered.
Or did I hear wrong?

My PETERSON FIELD GUIDE lists more than 140 shiners, several are listed as threatened, a few as endangered, and at least 2 are now considered extinct in U.S. waters. Some are very common and widespread, but others are common over a very limited range such as a single lake, pond, or creek. The Beautiful Shiner (Cyprinella formosa) used to be found in N.M. and Az. as well as northern Mexico but is now found only in a small stretch of a single creek in Mexico. Same thing is going on with a lot of the darters, some of which are very pretty.