I just returned from a week long vacation to the eastern coast of North Carolina. I stayed along the Outer Banks at a cottage right on the Currituck Sound (a large salt marsh). I managed to catch quite a few new (new to me) and exciting species during my time there. On the last day of catching fish and taking photographs, my memory card became corrupted. I'm enduring the arduous task of reclaiming the photos from the memory card (if anyone has any suggestions as to how this should be done, I'd appreciate it!). After the malfunction, I was able to borrow my girlfriend's camera to photograph the last three fish I had in my bucket. Along with an American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), a Rainwater Kilifish (Lucania parva), I had this catfish sp. My first inclination is that it is a White Catfish (Ameiurus catus). The white chin barbels, along with an anal fin ray count of 21, seem pretty diagnostic. Can anyone confirm this ID? Or, can anyone suggest any possibilities that I may have overlooked?
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Thanks,
Nate