Found a New Fishie in the Gulf

[Callen]

Can anyone ID this little guy? My 10 year old had the best time catching these little fish with a tiny bite of shrimp on a line tied to his fingers in knee deep water.



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[10gal_nano]

African Pompano. They get big!


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[10gal_nano]

Not African pompano. Sorry. Just a pompano- popular game fish!


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[Callen]

So it sounds like we were catching babies. How about this guy?


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[keegster803]

Dogfish shark?


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[Ingy]

Definitely not a dogfish/mudshark. They have a very sharp spike in front of their 2 dorsal fins. Looks more like a black tip reef shark, but I only ever get to see mudsharks/ dogfish, so I know little.

 

[Tony Gill]

Based on the position of the dorsal fin relative to the pectoral fins, I'm guessing it's a juvenile spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna).

Tony