Ugly Fish

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Carolina Bassin
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Ugly Fish

Postby Carolina Bassin » Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:02 am

I caught this fish (see pic) back in August and was wandering if anyone could tell me what type of fish it is.
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Postby JChen » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:56 am

it looks like an oscar but dont quote me as I've yet to catch one there.

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Postby Stan Wright » Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:10 pm

My first thought too.... an Oscar.
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Postby Boatless » Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:24 pm

could be a hybrid red devil. rear end looks red devil-ish but the head looks tilapia-ish.

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Postby roadwarriorsvt » Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:36 pm

I'm thinking an oscar to.

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Postby Ken » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:17 pm

That's an oscar. Note the peacock eye on the tail just like peacock bass. Some breed of oscars do have long thread fins.

Ugly? A juvenile oscar is $8 at our local pet store. The one you caught probably go for $20 here :lol:

Check out these links:

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Species ... hp?id=3612

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_(fish)

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Postby Ahnkochee » Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:48 pm

Definitely an Oscar, I've owned enough of them as aquatic pets (very intelligent for a fish) to know. :wink:
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