Eric5112

What kind of fish is this?

Anyone know, or know where I could find out?

http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc....aspx?id=11310

jk.weiss

Mike

Hmm, not sure. Hopefully someone else knows. Moving this thread to the fish id board.

Merged the two threads requesting the same id. You guys know each other?

Eric5112

Sorry for the wrong forum.

Can't say we've ever met, but I guess we're after the same ID

Butterfly

This is a game hint What game is it?
Carol

capekate

quite the coincidence that both posters used the exact same photo from the web. wow.... stranger things have happened.
Sure is an odd ball fish... is it saltwater or freshwater? It may be easier to find out the ID if we had some idea.
btw welcome to fishlore Eric5112 and jk.weiss

Eric5112

Well, we are not sure what kind of fish it is, salt or fresh.

As for using the same photo, as somebody identified, it is a game hint, and I guess we both had the idea to ask those who might know. As for what kind of game, google or search youtube FRC, or FIRST to get an idea.

gremlin

It might be a saltwater Permit Fish http://www.thaifishingguide.com/fish...sh/permit.html
or a saltwater Pompano Fish http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3Den%26sa%3DG

jgon_

That is an Opah (Lampris guttatus)
http://fishbase.com/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1072

Beeker

That looks like it. Good job, jgon.

soldieroffortune1974

The body type matches a silver dollar,but the coloration is that of a red fin piranha and pacu. These three species are the ones most resembling the picture,but I can't find any that matches the coloration.

Is there any indication of size,or is it just the pic with no other info?

I have searched every US parks and wildlife and marine database,and have come to the conclusion that this fish is not indigenous to the US or North America,so I will start looking abroad..............

So far the only closely matching fish is the Silver Promfet (Pampus argenteus)

I think we have a winner (or close) this is from an email sent by a friend of mine in Oregan Parks and Wildlife:

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/MRP/salmo...s_guttatus.jpg

soldieroffortune1974

OPAH (Lampris guttatus)

DING DING DING................

Butterfly

good ID!
Carol

Eric5112

Thank you so much jgon, and all of you that helped search, that looks like it!
You help is very much apreciated

gremlin

good job on the id jgon - how did you find it? Are you a closest sushi chef? (I noticed it is commonly used for sashimi)

jgon_

http://fishbase.com/identification/classlist.cfm

Fishbase is such a priceless resource in the marine lab I work in. The ID page comes in especially handy when we catch something in the field that we're just not sure what it is.

gremlin

cool web site!

Mike

thanks - that's a great link for fish id's

soldieroffortune1974

It's a great site and much better than going through state by state parks and wildlife data bases (like I normally do) This site will make it much easier.Thanks

JESS01

To me it looks like a deformed piranha! LOL