This was found recently dead with no apparent wounds (possibly a careless catch-and-release victim, or maybe a breeding male who was just done) in Mill Creek, a tributary of the Cohansey river in the Delaware river basin, on the New Jersey side. Full fresh water, in a lake.
A minnow
#1
Posted 19 April 2016 - 08:54 PM
#2
Posted 19 April 2016 - 10:57 PM
It looks to be a fired-up male Chubsucker who couldn't stand up to the rigors of spawning. Cool find!
#3
Posted 20 April 2016 - 07:55 AM
Be nice to the old guy... don't say "couldn't stand up to..." say something like "who gave his all for the next generation!"
#4
Posted 20 April 2016 - 10:09 AM
Must be a Creek Chubsucker - that's the only chubsucker species in the Delaware R basin.
Gerald Pottern
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Hangin' on the Neuse
"Taxonomy is the diaper used to organize the mess of evolution into discrete packages" - M.Sandel
#5
Posted 20 April 2016 - 10:54 AM
Wow! Crazy chubsucker.
#6
Posted 20 April 2016 - 02:45 PM
Big handsome fella! Depending on legality, I probably would have tried to take him home for taxidermy reasons.
#7
Posted 20 April 2016 - 04:39 PM
#8
Posted 20 April 2016 - 08:23 PM
That's a pretty big one. Neat find.
#9
Posted 15 May 2016 - 12:25 PM
Northwest Indiana
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