![]() ![]() A variety of shiners, daces, minnows, and chubs offer examples of sub-families (groups of similar fishes within the family) of the small silvery fish that we commonly think of when we say ‘minnow.’ These species are diverse with many descriptively colorful names such as sand, spottail, blacknose, or emerald shiners. In all, there are more than 50 species of minnows (a group of many fish species scientifically classified as ‘minnows’) found across our Great Lakes waterways. It may or may not be – and so worth a second look at the diverse world of little fishes. However, not every small fish we run across in Michigan’s waterways is, in fact, a minnow. We see them in darting silver schools while wading at the beach, we use them for fishing bait, and many of us spend time observing them in our aquariums. On average we may know more about minnows than any other family of fish found in the Great Lakes.
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