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Fish found in Palm Beach Florida

Started by Guest_RichUKUSA_* , Feb 22 2009 07:48 PM

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#1 Guest_RichUKUSA_*

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Posted 22 February 2009 - 07:48 PM

Dear all,

A couple of species I'm having a little difficulty figuring out. Is the first possible a juvenile bass maybe? Sorry for the quality of the pics..could never get the light right today.

Both fish found in Palm Beach Florida in creeks of a few inches of water. The second fish was solitary and was about 5 inches long and is obviously predatory. The first fish about 2 inches long and was often seen in a loose school of a few fish of the same species - it was also a lot more colorful than the picture shows.

Many thanks for any help.

Rich.

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#2 Guest_RichUKUSA_*

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Posted 22 February 2009 - 10:15 PM

I'm guessing the second fish is a Hoplias of some kind..

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#3 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 22 February 2009 - 10:25 PM

Someone on the south Atlantic coast would know better than me, but is the first fish a juvenile Atlantic needlefish, Strongylura marina? The jaws don't look long enough, but...

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#4 Guest_killier_*

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Posted 22 February 2009 - 10:26 PM

sliverside?

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#5 Guest_smbass_*

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Posted 22 February 2009 - 11:35 PM

The first fish looks like some kind of silverside to me and the second one looks like a sauger, but that seems odd to me that a sauger would be in shallow enough water for you to photo it like that, but maybe one that was only 4 or 5 inches would be.

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#6 Guest_Kanus_*

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Posted 23 February 2009 - 12:12 AM

I was going to guess the first fish was a silverside and the second was a Wolf Fish (aka Hoplias). I've never seen anything with quite the same shape as a wolf fish and that looks like the right shape. If it were salt or brackish water I might venture to say a lizardfish but it still looks too chunky.

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#7 Guest_Dustin_*

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Posted 23 February 2009 - 08:56 AM

I think the first is one of the siversides, Menidia sp. and the second is one of the lizardfish, Synodus sp.

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#8 Guest_basssmaster_*

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Posted 23 February 2009 - 05:59 PM

The last one I am geussing is a bigmouth sleeper, due to the photo being taken in a creek in south florida...

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#9 Guest_mzokan_*

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Posted 23 February 2009 - 06:12 PM

First one Labidesthes sicculus, second one Gobiomorus dormitator

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#10 Guest_RichUKUSA_*

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Posted 24 February 2009 - 12:51 PM

Thank you all very much! I really appreciate all the responses.

My first thought was that the second fish was a Hoplias although there isn't so many exotics in Palm Beach. I'm thinking perhaps it is a sleeper..I have looked on google now I have some names to play with..thanks to you guys. The first fish is definitely a Silverside..again I looked it up with the names supplied above.

I lived near Ft. Lauderdale for a year and a half (before that I lived in England) and I'm not used to seeing so many native fish in Florida. It seems the cold weather does the native fish a good service helping to kill off the exotics.

Thank you all again. This forum rocks!

Rich.