Fish Id: A Guide To East Coast Fishes

The Striped Killifish

This is not, as commonly thought, a baby striper--there is sometimes confusion, the stripe pattern is horizontal. The stripe is wider in proportion to the fishes body, and there are only 2-3 per female striped killi. The males have 10-15, vertical stripes. These are not much use as a bait fish because none of the fish seem to like them. See minnows, below.

The Minnow: killifishes, cyprinodontidae, killies, minnies, mummichugs etc.

See our article on care and keeping Size ranges from 1 1/2" to 8". This bait fish is used to catch a wide variety of fish, both saltwater and freshwater: fluke, perch, freshwater bass and pickerel, etc. There are many different species. Our local variety, shown in the photo above, is actually a mummichug which thrives in brackish/saltwater.

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