I found a fish over the weekend that looked a lot like a small (1") pleco type fish in a north central TN creek. I was going to photograph it, but it wiggled free of my net before I could get it in the photo tank. The best I can describe it was that it was a very pale, light colored pleco like body. Not as long as a typical pleco, but short and stubby with a wide head and a dark black or brown band right around the dorsal fin. With my very limited, almost non-existant knowledge of fish genera, i dont know where to start to try and ID it.
Is this fish a native?
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Guest_Daffypuck_*
, Aug 06 2013 04:33 AM
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#1 Guest_Daffypuck_*
Posted 06 August 2013 - 04:33 AM
#2 Guest_EricaLyons_*
Posted 06 August 2013 - 06:45 AM
It could be a madtom, a baby catfish, a released pleco, a stoneroller, or something else. The identification guide for native fishes of Tennessee is free here: http://forum.nanfa.o...essee-for-free/
You can scroll through and see if anything looks familiar. There are color photos.
You can scroll through and see if anything looks familiar. There are color photos.
#3 Guest_Skipjack_*
Posted 06 August 2013 - 06:59 AM
Probably a northern hogsucker.
#4 Guest_jblaylock_*
Posted 06 August 2013 - 09:50 AM
Does sound like a hogsucker
#5 Guest_Doug_Dame_*
Posted 06 August 2013 - 11:46 AM
Another possibility would be a sculpin, they're pleco-ish in terms of general head & body shape.
#6 Guest_Daffypuck_*
Posted 06 August 2013 - 01:46 PM
Thanks. I just needed somewhere to start so I can try and figure out what it was.
Edit: out of the above mentioned, the Sculpin looks the closest to what I found. Ill look through the book and see what I can come up with. I got such a limited view of the fish, so Ill just have to speculate a bit when perusing through the books. Thanks again.
Edit: out of the above mentioned, the Sculpin looks the closest to what I found. Ill look through the book and see what I can come up with. I got such a limited view of the fish, so Ill just have to speculate a bit when perusing through the books. Thanks again.
Edited by Daffypuck, 06 August 2013 - 01:55 PM.
#7 Guest_jblaylock_*
Posted 06 August 2013 - 01:48 PM
Another possibility would be a sculpin, they're pleco-ish in terms of general head & body shape.
Good call Doug, very possible
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