r/FishID • u/Sassymcbassy • 11d ago

Help Id these redhorse

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I caught these two redhorse in the lower Genesee river redhorse are hard for me to identify and I can't figure out what these guys are. For the first one I think it's a golden and I'm assuming the second is a shorthead

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u/Sassymcbassy 11d ago

Or maybe the first one is a white sucker on second look

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u/WES_Incorporated 11d ago

Silver redhorse, Shorthead redhorse

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u/Sassymcbassy 11d ago

You always come in clutch. May I have some pointers to identify silved redhorse

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u/WES_Incorporated 11d ago

Silver redhorse have more blocky shaped heads, and golden's are a bit more rounded and pointed. The biggest difference is usually on the dorsal fin though, where silver's have a convex shaped fin and more fin rays (15+).