Help identifying fish species

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biggs
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Help identifying fish species

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Hoping someone can help me identify this fish??
I cannot pinpoint what it is.....mooneye, goldeye, rudd???

Thanks in advance.

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Looks like a rudd to me.
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Based on the lack of scales on the keel and the fact the fins are not very red I am leaning towards a golden shiner or a golden shiner x Rudd cross.

http://www.invadingspecies.com/rudd/
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zippyfx wrote:Based on the lack of scales on the keel and the fact the fins are not very red I am leaning towards a golden shiner or a golden shiner x Rudd cross.

http://www.invadingspecies.com/rudd/
That looks about right.
We let it go, that was my youngests first fish. Looks like I shouldn't have let it go but probably better I didnt kill it in front of him!!
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