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Title: Fish ID help
Post by: Still Running on January 26, 2010, 07:09:23 PM: My buddy’s son caught this fish in the Keys today, anyone know what it is?
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Post by: Pfishingruven on January 26, 2010, 07:13:02 PM: My vote is for a needlefish.

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Post by: Hotrod on January 26, 2010, 07:19:44 PM: It's a Hound Fish t^
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Post by: Bucktail on January 26, 2010, 07:40:24 PM: whs
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Post by: Wreckfish on January 26, 2010, 07:41:37 PM: SECOND OR THIRD THAT :P HOUND FISH
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Post by: IrishAyes on January 26, 2010, 07:44:53 PM: Largest member of the needlefish family according to NOAA. If you can believe them. ;D

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02sab/logs/aug10/media/hound.html
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Post by: sealife on January 26, 2010, 08:17:11 PM: I disagree on the houndfish. It looks like an Atlantic Needlefish which grows to about 2ft and ranges from Maine to Brazil. Houndfish have a shorter beak but also range from NJ to Brazil. Houndfish are the biggest on the group and can reach 5 ft. Needlefish have a bluish tint on the tail when first caught and the hounds have a black lobe on the dorsal fin. The only other way to tell is by counting the number of fin rays. The needlefish has 16-20 anal fin rays and houndfish have 22-24 anal fin rays.
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Post by: Hotrod on January 26, 2010, 08:35:40 PM: Ok I just text the picture to Capt Jay t^ :headscra:
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Post by: Hotrod on January 26, 2010, 08:39:07 PM: Capt Jay Said.......................... Hound Fish....

The BIG Eye Is the giveaway..

(http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/984/4fd/9844fdd5-15e7-442d-8fc8-a8e2c318b3ef)
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Post by: Hotrod on January 26, 2010, 08:45:37 PM: But then again. Looking at both the Hound and The needle fish. they are pretty hard to tell apart. On some sites they show the same picture for both ;D
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Post by: Pfishingruven on January 26, 2010, 08:48:09 PM: Quote from: Hotrod on January 26, 2010, 08:45:37 PM
But then again. Looking at both the Hound and The needle fish. they are pretty hard to tell apart. On some sites they show the same picture for both ;D

That's why I said needlefish ;) :P ;D!

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Post by: Hotrod on January 26, 2010, 08:51:17 PM: Yea. Joe's link says Houndfish... as does Capt Jay who Fished the keys for 10 years.. But Capt Dave has a few good facts also... 5hrug _:" :headscra:
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Post by: Pfishingruven on January 26, 2010, 08:52:54 PM: I took the safe route and said needlefish as the generic term ;D!

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Post by: Bucktail on January 26, 2010, 10:07:24 PM: Will somebody please just count the anal fin rays and solve this for once and for all! _:"

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Post by: Hotrod on January 26, 2010, 10:41:03 PM: clp t^
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Post by: Still Running on January 27, 2010, 06:06:05 AM: t^ Thanks for the help.
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Post by: PeggyLee on January 27, 2010, 10:08:06 AM: Isn't that a Dentistfish?? :headscra: rofla
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Post by: wb on January 27, 2010, 10:11:34 AM: snappernose pencilfish
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Post by: Noworries2009 on January 27, 2010, 04:48:10 PM: My first billfish clp
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Post by: blynch on January 30, 2010, 06:00:26 PM: I gotta go with toothyfish nosmly