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ziacatcher · Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2019 4:56 pm Post subject: Fish ID

My 9 year old grandson just got this fish to put in his aquarium that he started. I'm not absolutely sure what it is and don't want to give him misinformation.

awesum · Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 7:19 am Post subject:

Well, at first I thought maybe a juvenile grouper of some sort .... Nasau? But looking at the vertical bands and the tail it looks like maybe a juvenile Sheepshead.

Not real sure on anything though.

BayFly · Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 7:44 am Post subject:

Maybe, if you can get it to smile you can determine if it's a sheephead? Laughing

Central Scrutinizer · Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 9:22 am Post subject:

Was going to sit back and watch the guesses roll in, but it got ID'ed pretty quickly. Looks like a small sheepshead to me.

Question though, where did it come from? Local or somewhere else, because there is supposedly a sub-species found in FL with a different number of vertical bars along the side that we get here.

ziacatcher · Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 10:13 am Post subject:

He cast it up by the Boat Barn on Laguna shores

Where is a side view

BayFly · Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 11:54 am Post subject:

The only two fish in our waters with a vertical stripe with a body shape like the one shown is either a sheepshead or a black drum, as far as I can recall. Maybe it only has vertical stripes, as a juvenile?

ratherbefishing · Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 1:48 pm Post subject:

Here is a link for sheepshead: https://txmarspecies.tamug.edu/fishdetails.cfm?scinameID=Archosargus%20probatocephalus

And black drum: https://txmarspecies.tamug.edu/fishdetails.cfm?scinameID=Pogonias%20cromis

Could it be a young tripletail? https://txmarspecies.tamug.edu/fishdetails.cfm?scinameID=Lobotes%20surinamensis
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SeanHHH · Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 4:57 pm Post subject:

I spy a pinfish in the second pic!

Fishbrains · Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 8:39 am Post subject:

Judging by the mouth it looks like a sheepshead. Get a pic of the teeth and you will know for sure.

ziacatcher · Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 10:42 am Post subject:

ratherbefishing · Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 11:35 am Post subject:

ziacatcher · Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 2:14 pm Post subject:

I agree with ratherbefishing as it is not a sheepshead or drum. Dorsal fins are much different. The head seems to be different from a triple tail adult

ratherbefishing · Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 10:22 am Post subject:

After further searches of fish pics, I to agree with the sheepshead vote. The TAMU picture is of a very mature sheepshead.
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Prof. Salt · Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 6:14 pm Post subject:

That's interesting. I've had baby drum, pinfish, sheep and pigfish in my aquarium, and none of them looked like that. Now I'm curious... how long is this fish?

ziacatcher · Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 6:57 pm Post subject:

Turns out it was a sheepshead. Here's what it look like there for a few days in the aquarium