it had a black head and and a stripe down it's side and little weird bumps on its face, what kind of fish was this? It was in a local creek.
2007-06-28 15:35:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
it was like on it's nose not really it's head.
2007-06-28 15:42:13 · update #1
it was about 2 inches long it kind of looked like a bala shark kinda but had bumps on it's nose and its head was black and body silver with a black stripe down it's side.
2007-06-28 15:43:49 · update #2
That could have been a fathead minniow - they're native to your area and get the black head and breeding tubercles in spawning season (see photos): http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ai5gzyK3NRC5IAE6M5b_80Tsy6IX?qid=20070623134514AAA6urq , http://www.nativefish.org/Gallery/Pimephales-promelas-2.jpg
other times they look like the females: http://www.unb.ca/fredericton/science/biology/Fish_key/Cyprinidae/fathead%20minnow_JW.jpg
It could have been a bluntnose minnow: http://www.mchenry.edu/Faculty/mgarriso/FieldGuideToMcHenryCounty/mccdfishgallerywebpages/FishGallery/images/BluntnoseMinnow.jpg or bullhead minnow: http://www.gen.umn.edu/research/fish/fishes/P_vigilax.jpg (I couldn't find a good photo of a breeding male for this one). The fathead only gets 2-3 inches, the others get 3-5 at maturity. If not one of these, it's still certainly something in the minnow family because of the tubercles on the face.
2007-06-28 18:21:11 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe a Texas Shiner?
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/texasshiner/
The bumps are an indication of breeding and are not always there.
MM
2007-06-28 22:55:24 · answer #2 · answered by magicman116 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its called a horney head or sucker fish they are weird looking but can get to be a big size...i call them the inbreed fish kinda like a dog is a mutt
2007-06-28 22:39:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Texas? Were y'all near Crawford? It was prob'ly a Dubya fish. Glad you finally got him.
2007-06-28 22:42:08 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most likely it was a perch they get black heads and they can get some parasites on they're faces sometimes.
2007-06-28 22:43:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hard to say without more information,size?shape? scaley or smooth? Could you post a photo?
2007-06-28 22:40:06 · answer #6 · answered by PeeTee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like a rattle snake
2007-06-28 22:40:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
is its mouth on the underside of its body? what is its feet in length? specify please
2007-06-28 22:41:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋