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Weird looking perch pictures

Started by Guest_butch_* , Jan 16 2009 04:43 PM

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#1 Guest_butch_*

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Posted 16 January 2009 - 04:43 PM

I just remember I saw that picture of oddly colored yellow perch with freaky stripes all over on the body but seems I can't find it on this forum.

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#2 Guest_butch_*

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Posted 17 January 2009 - 12:28 AM

Ah i found it on the Blue bluegill thead. Now is this coloration common or rare from that location?

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#3 Guest_truf_*

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Posted 17 January 2009 - 01:05 AM

Ah i found it on the Blue bluegill thead. Now is this coloration common or rare from that location?

Where can I get a background like that?

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#4 Guest_smbass_*

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Posted 17 January 2009 - 11:42 AM

Those are perch from a stream near my parents house in NE Ohio. We did a very thorough e-fish search of a couple sites and found about 10% of the population there had higher than than normal counts of bars on their side. That particular fish was an extreme, most were just slightly high. I think most books say 6-9 and we found quite a few that had 10-12 and a few like that one that had 15 or so. Everything else about them seemed perfectly normal. Body shape and other features all seemed typical of other yellow perch.

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#5 Guest_ashtonmj_*

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Posted 17 January 2009 - 01:58 PM

Does the fact Brian's face behind the tank make it a dead give away those are the NE Ohio 12 lined perch?

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#6 Guest_bart_*

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Posted 17 January 2009 - 06:57 PM

Wow! That is too cool. I would love to have some of those babies for a big planted tank I'm going to set up. I am planning to make a trip out that way in the spring for some collecting. I live in south eastern pa and would gladly gather something local in exchange for some of those.

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#7 Guest_butch_*

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Posted 17 January 2009 - 07:01 PM

Me too, I won't mind about own one ot three of these Multi-striped perch.

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#8 Guest_az9_*

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Posted 18 January 2009 - 12:20 AM

Those are perch from a stream near my parents house in NE Ohio. We did a very thorough e-fish search of a couple sites and found about 10% of the population there had higher than than normal counts of bars on their side. That particular fish was an extreme, most were just slightly high. I think most books say 6-9 and we found quite a few that had 10-12 and a few like that one that had 15 or so. Everything else about them seemed perfectly normal. Body shape and other features all seemed typical of other yellow perch.

Brian,

Any possibility I could get permission to post your picture of this perch and the above paragraph on the Pond Boss website? Of course I would give you full credit.

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#9 Guest_smbass_*

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Posted 19 January 2009 - 01:11 AM

Most of the fish are not as extreme as that one, this picture is more typical... I don't mind if you post the pictures but it probably would be good to include that under the current VHS rules you can't transport any of these fish outside of the state. So unless you live in Ohio these fish are illegal to take home.

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#10 Guest_az9_*

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Posted 19 January 2009 - 06:54 AM

Most of the fish are not as extreme as that one, this picture is more typical... I don't mind if you post the pictures but it probably would be good to include that under the current VHS rules you can't transport any of these fish outside of the state. So unless you live in Ohio these fish are illegal to take home.

Thanks but no danger of anyone collecting them. You didn't say exactly where you collected them which is good anyway. The Pond Boss site is focused on pond owners all over the country but we do find things like this interesting. What really kills me is the sotherners that call all centrarcids "perch."

Yes, as a fish producer I am painfully aware of the VHS rules. It's really put a wrench in the spokes for getting large yellow perch from a supplier in Ohio. He doesn't test the larger fish anymore as it is prohibitively expensive. I had a good thing going and the feds mucked it up. They are good at that.

BTW I don't have a problem with effective control of pathogens with good science but the way this VHS this has and is being handled is questionable to say the least and much of it lacks scientific basis.

Edited by az9, 19 January 2009 - 06:56 AM.

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#11 Guest_smbass_*

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Posted 19 January 2009 - 01:25 PM

You are completely correct about it being handled badly. It has many in the Ohio Division of Wildlife rather upset because it has caused some serious pains in hatchery production.

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#12 Guest_az9_*

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Posted 19 January 2009 - 10:16 PM

You are completely correct about it being handled badly. It has many in the Ohio Division of Wildlife rather upset because it has caused some serious pains in hatchery production.

My biggest gripe is exotics and pathogens are coming in via ballast water and are probably being spread around by anglers, and APHIS' answer is to test the fish farms and hatcheries where it doesn't exist? That would have been as dumb as testing farms and hatcheries to stop the spread of zebra mussels when it was making it's rounds. As of yet not one zebra mussel was ever found on a fish farm or in a hatchery. Sound familiar?

Edited by az9, 19 January 2009 - 10:18 PM.