what the heck is this? - Aquarium Advice

DARK Jak · 07-10-2005, 09:47 PM

alright ill give it to you strait i was fishing yah i know

well i was in a river in ohio and i caught this fish that was almost a foot long it was the wierdest fish i have ever seen it had bumps in front of its eyes (tons of them) and at about the middle part of its dorsal fin it had a spike on both sides of it like this <ll>
its colors were whitish silver on its bely and brown with spots of gold on its back. if anyone has aannnyy idea what this is i would be very glad to find out
[acronym:6b050b8f20="Thanks in Advance"]TIA[/acronym:6b050b8f20]
-DARK

Menagerie · 07-10-2005, 09:50 PM

no pic!?!

DARK Jak · 07-10-2005, 09:51 PM

no sorry i was unable to get a pic of it (i was far from... well anything!)

mr funktastic · 07-10-2005, 10:13 PM

it was probably a sturgeon. they are a rare endangered fish. it looked alot like dinosour right? almost like a pleco? go on google and look up a sturgeon. hope i am right

whitetiger_CJ · 07-10-2005, 11:11 PM

your description sounded like a shovelnose sturgeon, i couldn't find any decent pics, but it may be a place to start looking.

Toirtis · 07-11-2005, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by whitetiger_CJ

your description sounded like a shovelnose sturgeon, i couldn't find any decent pics, but it may be a place to start looking.

You mean pics like these?

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/news/mar0...velnoseweb.jpg

http://www.huntingandfishingjournal....e_sturgeon.jpg

http://www.science.siu.edu/zoology/h...0sturgeons.jpg

...or perhaps a bowfin?

http://www.howe.k12.ok.us/~jimaskew/botzo/bowfin.jpg

DARK Jak · 07-11-2005, 09:35 AM

sry guys i know it wasnt a sturgeon but the last pic looked almost like it but i could see know bumps on its nose and so you know it had only one spike on eather side of the dorsal fin.

mr funktastic · 07-11-2005, 12:27 PM

maybe a pike or muskey?

Toirtis · 07-11-2005, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DARK Jak

the last pic looked almost like it but i could see know bumps on its nose and so you know it had only one spike on eather side of the dorsal fin.

Bowfin have nasal tubercles, as evidenced in this poster ( http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/seagrant/G...nakeheadID.gif )...could those account for the 'bumps'?

smidget · 07-11-2005, 05:10 PM

A sculpin? They're pretty bumpy and spikey. We have them around here in cold water bodies, don't know about Ohio though and I've never seen them a foot long.

07-10-2005, 09:47 PM	#1
DARK Jak Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bellbrook OH Posts: 204 Images: 5	what the heck is this? alright ill give it to you strait i was fishing yah i know well i was in a river in ohio and i caught this fish that was almost a foot long it was the wierdest fish i have ever seen it had bumps in front of its eyes (tons of them) and at about the middle part of its dorsal fin it had a spike on both sides of it like this <ll> its colors were whitish silver on its bely and brown with spots of gold on its back. if anyone has aannnyy idea what this is i would be very glad to find out [acronym:6b050b8f20="Thanks in Advance"]TIA[/acronym:6b050b8f20] -DARK __________________ Although now I know the voices arn't real they had some preety good ideas....

07-10-2005, 09:50 PM	#2
Menagerie Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 11,266 Images: 77	no pic!?! __________________

07-10-2005, 09:51 PM	#3
DARK Jak Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bellbrook OH Posts: 204 Images: 5	no sorry i was unable to get a pic of it (i was far from... well anything!) __________________ Although now I know the voices arn't real they had some preety good ideas....

07-11-2005, 09:35 AM	#7
DARK Jak Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bellbrook OH Posts: 204 Images: 5	sry guys i know it wasnt a sturgeon but the last pic looked almost like it but i could see know bumps on its nose and so you know it had only one spike on eather side of the dorsal fin. __________________ Although now I know the voices arn't real they had some preety good ideas....

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07-10-2005, 10:13 PM	#4
mr funktastic Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: alliston, ON Posts: 2,220 Images: 17	it was probably a sturgeon. they are a rare endangered fish. it looked alot like dinosour right? almost like a pleco? go on google and look up a sturgeon. hope i am right

07-10-2005, 11:11 PM	#5
whitetiger_CJ Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wichita Ks. Posts: 215	your description sounded like a shovelnose sturgeon, i couldn't find any decent pics, but it may be a place to start looking.

07-11-2005, 12:27 PM	#8
mr funktastic Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: alliston, ON Posts: 2,220 Images: 17	maybe a pike or muskey?

07-11-2005, 05:10 PM	#10
smidget Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ontario Posts: 46	A sculpin? They're pretty bumpy and spikey. We have them around here in cold water bodies, don't know about Ohio though and I've never seen them a foot long.

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