trojannemo
Fishaholic
hey guys. i went dipnetting today with one of the founders of my club. it was unusually cold for florida, but we decided to try it out anyways just to see what we could catch.
we visited about 5-6 places, all near each other in Broward county.
the most abundant species were mollies, mosquitofish, least killifish and salvini. to less extent we also caught mayan cichlids, two jewel cichlids, one or two spotted tilapia, one bluegill, 5 bluespotted sunfish, 2 tadpole madtoms, several black acaras, a couple of small jaguar cichlids, few bluefin killifish, few golden topminnows. also caught the usual inverts.
here are a few pictures from the trip:
Bluespotted Sunfish:
Golden Topmminow (these guys were very washed out today...anything to do with the cold water?)
Least Killifish:
Jewel Cichlid - can you tell which H. species this is?
Mayan Cichlids:
At one spot all the mollies we collected had this yellow spot in their stomach:
Everywhere else they looked normal:
One of the many salvini we caught:
Caught two of these guys, and tried to get as good a picture as possible since last one I caught I didnt manage a good picture.
This is a Tadpole Madtom correct?
This is the biggest crayfish I've caught so far:
And also caught this green/blue color morph I had never caught before:
These eggs ended up in our net...are these frog eggs (i.e. tadpole eggs?)
now this guy I need help with. what is this fish?
it's not a jaguar (mouth is too small, eyes dont match, markings dont match); it's not a spotted tilapia (body shape doesnt match, too many stripes); it's not a black acara (body shape doesnt match, mouth doesn't match, markings dont match); it's not salvini or jewel as they're not even close in resemblance. i'm fairly confident it's a cichlid. the body shape makes me think jaguar but mouth and markings dont match at all. eyes are like those of spotted tilapia and mayan cichlids. the blue in the nose I dont know it from any cichlid i've collected.
did we stumble upon a new (to us) species of cichlid? or could this be a Blue Tilapia x Jaguar hybrid (my guess)?
i hope you enjoyed the pictures and thanks for your help identifying the mystery fish!
we visited about 5-6 places, all near each other in Broward county.
the most abundant species were mollies, mosquitofish, least killifish and salvini. to less extent we also caught mayan cichlids, two jewel cichlids, one or two spotted tilapia, one bluegill, 5 bluespotted sunfish, 2 tadpole madtoms, several black acaras, a couple of small jaguar cichlids, few bluefin killifish, few golden topminnows. also caught the usual inverts.
here are a few pictures from the trip:
Bluespotted Sunfish:
Golden Topmminow (these guys were very washed out today...anything to do with the cold water?)
Least Killifish:
Jewel Cichlid - can you tell which H. species this is?
Mayan Cichlids:
At one spot all the mollies we collected had this yellow spot in their stomach:
Everywhere else they looked normal:
One of the many salvini we caught:
Caught two of these guys, and tried to get as good a picture as possible since last one I caught I didnt manage a good picture.
This is a Tadpole Madtom correct?
This is the biggest crayfish I've caught so far:
And also caught this green/blue color morph I had never caught before:
These eggs ended up in our net...are these frog eggs (i.e. tadpole eggs?)
now this guy I need help with. what is this fish?
it's not a jaguar (mouth is too small, eyes dont match, markings dont match); it's not a spotted tilapia (body shape doesnt match, too many stripes); it's not a black acara (body shape doesnt match, mouth doesn't match, markings dont match); it's not salvini or jewel as they're not even close in resemblance. i'm fairly confident it's a cichlid. the body shape makes me think jaguar but mouth and markings dont match at all. eyes are like those of spotted tilapia and mayan cichlids. the blue in the nose I dont know it from any cichlid i've collected.
did we stumble upon a new (to us) species of cichlid? or could this be a Blue Tilapia x Jaguar hybrid (my guess)?
i hope you enjoyed the pictures and thanks for your help identifying the mystery fish!
