Identify your North American Native Fish
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I am apparently very bad at this. The other Cyprinella this looks like from the pic is C. callistia.
Its hard for me to get a real good shot of this fish. It has no black spot on the caudal peduncle and was collected in central Mississippi.
Don't know if this has been brought up previously, but I'm almost positive that post #356 is Ambloplites ariommus not A. rupestris. I won't argue if someone can prove me wrong, but several sites have misidentified pictures of both, so there are even some really good fish identification sites whose pics are mislabeled.
Hopefully I don't seem nitpicky being a newbie and all and pointing out something like that, it's just that I have 5 juvenile Ambloplites ariommus (Or Shadow Bass as we've been calling them) in my 90 gallon, and having run accross this thread and that particular post it didn't look at all like Ambloplites rupestris to me. I'm also an avid fisherman so I've caught many rock bass, I've yet to see any that look exactly like a shadow bass.
Sorry to bring up such an old post, but I just joined and I'm not very far through this thread, lol.
Here is a picture of one of mine (he's light colored here but they seem to be able to change color from black to almost clear at will, and anywhere inbetween):
Hopefully I don't seem nitpicky being a newbie and all and pointing out something like that, it's just that I have 5 juvenile Ambloplites ariommus (Or Shadow Bass as we've been calling them) in my 90 gallon, and having run accross this thread and that particular post it didn't look at all like Ambloplites rupestris to me. I'm also an avid fisherman so I've caught many rock bass, I've yet to see any that look exactly like a shadow bass.
Sorry to bring up such an old post, but I just joined and I'm not very far through this thread, lol.
Here is a picture of one of mine (he's light colored here but they seem to be able to change color from black to almost clear at will, and anywhere inbetween):
ShadowBass;652500; said:Don't know if this has been brought up previously, but I'm almost positive that post #356 is Ambloplites ariommus not A. rupestris. I won't argue if someone can prove me wrong, but several sites have misidentified pictures of both, so there are even some really good fish identification sites whose pics are mislabeled.
Hopefully I don't seem nitpicky being a newbie and all and pointing out something like that, it's just that I have 5 juvenile Ambloplites ariommus (Or Shadow Bass as we've been calling them) in my 90 gallon, and having run accross this thread and that particular post it didn't look at all like Ambloplites rupestris to me. I'm also an avid fisherman so I've caught many rock bass, I've yet to see any that look exactly like a shadow bass.
Sorry to bring up such an old post, but I just joined and I'm not very far through this thread, lol.
Here is a picture of one of mine (he's light colored here but they seem to be able to change color from black to almost clear at will, and anywhere inbetween):
Well, I still have the fish, and to the best of my knowledge A. ariommus is not found in Ohio rivers. I am also an avid fisherman, and catch A. rupestris on a regular basis, this fish is a very typical specimen from Ohio.
Didn't know he was one of yours, I thought perhaps the pic came from a website and was mislabeled since I've never seen one like that.
I'm also from Ohio, and no, Shadow Bass are not supposed to be up there. He still doesn't look like any of the rock bass I've caught there though, but exactly like the fish I have in my tank here in Missouri.
Out of curiosity, where did he come from? I've fished all over Ohio, but perhaps they look different where you got him.
I'm also from Ohio, and no, Shadow Bass are not supposed to be up there. He still doesn't look like any of the rock bass I've caught there though, but exactly like the fish I have in my tank here in Missouri.
Out of curiosity, where did he come from? I've fished all over Ohio, but perhaps they look different where you got him.
Hmmm, could be the angle too. I also haven't seen them much, other than out of water. Only a few times in an aquarium and they were fat with very little pattern.
Do they tend to change color a lot in an aquarium?
My shadow bass tend to go from light to dark within a few seconds, and the darkest ones seem to be the most aggressive/dominant, the lightest ones submissive and fairly peaceful. My most aggressive one is often almost black. When they're very dark or light they have almost no pattern, though most of the time you can see it.
(Sorry, hope I'm not majorly threadjacking)
Do they tend to change color a lot in an aquarium?
My shadow bass tend to go from light to dark within a few seconds, and the darkest ones seem to be the most aggressive/dominant, the lightest ones submissive and fairly peaceful. My most aggressive one is often almost black. When they're very dark or light they have almost no pattern, though most of the time you can see it.
(Sorry, hope I'm not majorly threadjacking)