Help me identify this fish

jonahpach · 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 :

close up of bulbous mouth..

Asif?? Rusty??

Jonah

penpusher · 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.

nagarifle · Post by **nagarifle** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:43 am

looks like Grumpy,

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.

Post by **Vikram** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:11 am

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

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

Best-
Vikram

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

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

Jonah hope it didn't end up as dinner.

Dev

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

May be a calabanse

snIPer · Post by **snIPer** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:15 pm

Its a hippo.

GasramGandu · 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.

GG

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

The big fish have spoken truly! calabanse it is...

diskaon · Post by **diskaon** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:26 pm

looks like a mahseer with elephantisis..

jonahpach · 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!

Jonah

Pran · 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.

GasramGandu · 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.

GG

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

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

- And I took up smoking again Vickers.

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