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flyingbird65 | October 14, 2009 03:51 PM | in Fishing

Anyone know what kind of fish this is?

I caught this fish in the Saginaw River about a month ago. I've been told its a trout, an eel and a sucker. I'm haven't got a clue.

I would really like pictures and links explaining what this fish is.

tags: michigan , river , fishing , saginaw

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BEST ANSWER chosen by asker | lgalatea | October 14, 2009 06:52 PM

That's a juvie bowfin. They don't always look like that but just look at the site I put in the source.

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http://www.wiscfish.org/fishid/frames.aspx

tags: fish, identification, bowfin

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Thank you for the information. I am overwhelmed at catching something so far from the norm in that spot.

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thinkphd | October 14, 2009 07:38 PM

Igalatea, that link did not take me to the juvenile bowfin. Here is a better link from the site you recommended, followed by the photo:

http://www.wiscfish.org/fishid/wFrmAllImages.aspx?fid=24&comName=Bowfin&sfName=amia calva&fam=Bowfins (Amiidae)&GID=37&show=7&selText=0

I believe you are correct - the fish look alike!

http://www.wiscfish.org/fishid/images/large_images/342.jpg

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thinkphd | October 14, 2009 07:46 PM

And after doing a little more searching, I found an anglers' group (http://www.bowfinanglers.com/). Their logo says "America's toughest sportfish for 100,000,000 years!". A curious note - they have a primitive lung and have been seen to gulp air at the water's surface!

http://www.bowfinanglers.com/images/border100.jpg

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lgalatea | October 14, 2009 08:01 PM

Nod I basically thought they'd be able to go down the page and see the name bowfin as well as use the link for any other fish they might be curious about. :) Thanks for the supporting post.

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vice | October 15, 2009 08:09 AM

yap i think you are correct , thinkphd's comment was good, the fish shown him and the fish in the question look same

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flyingbird65 | October 15, 2009 10:11 PM

Thinkphd,
Thank you for providing a better link and picture of the fish. It helped to verify that lgalatea was correct.

Thank you again.

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I can't see your photo on this computer; but, if you caught a strange fish in the Saginaw river that you describe so wildly, maybe it was a Round Goby. It's one of those invasive species that is coausing so much trouble. See if it looks like this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/RoundGoby2.jpg/240px-RoundGoby2.jpg
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http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/chiefeditor/RoundGoby-picture.jpg

If so, I can find more links; but, once you know the name it's easy. If not, I'll try again when I get home.

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http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...

http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/chiefeditor/2009/06/round-go...

tags: invasive, fish, goby

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flyingbird65 | October 14, 2009 04:24 PM

Nope that isn't it. Thank you for trying. The fish I caught has a black dot on his tail fin that stands out.

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albanian | October 14, 2009 04:30 PM

Odd, of course I can't see your fish but the description of the goby says "Round gobies are small, soft-bodied fish, characterized by a distinctive black spot on the first dorsal fin." Maybe other photos will look more similar.

http://www.iowadnr.gov/fish/news/exotics/images/idgoby.gif

But it's not the only strange fish in the sea, or river in this case.

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rob1981 | October 14, 2009 09:11 PM

Next time if you can't see a picture, please don't answer with a random guess based on just text.

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albanian | October 14, 2009 09:58 PM

Nonsense. It was a good deduction and provided useful information, even if that wasn't the fish caught this time.

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randync | October 15, 2009 01:57 AM

Dang that is an ugly fish!

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jeffhoard | October 15, 2009 05:46 PM

It wasn't a bad guess based on the text provided, but clearly the submitters picture is the best clue.

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ribbions240 | October 15, 2009 07:27 AM

brim i think

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iklilian | October 15, 2009 12:17 PM

It is a Bowfin also called Amia calva by scientist.
It is raw finned fish of the Amiidae family
these links would give you a clear insight of the fish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowfin

http://academics.smcvt.edu/dfacey/AquaticBiology/Fishes%20Pages/Bowfin.html

http://www.bowfinanglers.com/bowfininfo.html

If you still need more information after going through these links , send me a direct question, and I'll be glad to help you out

All the best

source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowfin

http://academics.smcvt.edu/dfacey/AquaticBiology/Fishes%20Pages/Bowfin.html

http://www.bowfinanglers.com/bowfininfo.html

tags: fish, marine, bowfins, fishing, sports

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