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Help me identify this fish

Post by jonahpach » Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:43 pm

Hello guys long time no see..

I recently took some pictures of catches by local fishermen and couldnt identify this beauty :
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close up of bulbous mouth..
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Asif?? Rusty??

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Post by penpusher » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:38 am

It is not Asif and definitely not Mack The Knife.Must be some one else.
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Post by nagarifle » Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:43 am

looks like Grumpy, :D :D :D :lol: :lol:

whaay man just look at the face, woooha man smoking a pipe very very fishy, yas very fishy yes indeed its fishy, when da boats comes in its little fishy, whan da boats comes in with grumpy on bard, yes its very fishy if u ask me.
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Post by Vikram » Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:11 am

Grumps quit smoking.It must be his twin, Rusty. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hey Jonah, good to see you again.How you been?

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Post by dev » Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:03 am

Its not a fish its a cross between a platypus and a carp :lol:

Jonah hope it didn't end up as dinner.

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Post by Mack The Knife » Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:32 am

May be a calabanse
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Post by snIPer » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:15 pm

Its a hippo.
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Post by GasramGandu » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:27 pm

It is a calabanse, the pimple like projections on it's lips indicate that this fish was caught during the spawning season or just after it.

This fish feeds on moss and algae growing on rocks much like a sucker fish which is why the mouth is bent downward.

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Post by eljefe » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:40 pm

The big fish have spoken truly! calabanse it is...
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Post by diskaon » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:26 pm

looks like a mahseer with elephantisis..
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Re: Help me identify this fish

Post by jonahpach » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:42 pm

Hyuk Hyukk..

Thanks GG, wasnt able to logon to your forum else would have definetly posted it there... too many jokers here. There was also another fish which had a kind of hardish hump infront of its dorsal fins I didnt take its picture though but it looked interesting.. I wonder what it was.. Dev, unfortunately I dont eat fish otherwise.. You bet!

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Re: Help me identify this fish

Post by Pran » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:21 pm

jonahpach";p="38114 wrote: There was also another fish which had a kind of hardish hump infront of its dorsal fins
Hope it wasn't a Tor Mussulah.
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Post by GasramGandu » Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:19 pm

The simple method for identifying a mahseer is to count the scales on the lateral line: 26 - 28 depending on age. All other carps will have 24 scales.

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Re: Help me identify this fish

Post by Grumpy » Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:09 pm

It isn`t me.............No beard or moustache.

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