Caught today I.D. Please

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luscombe1959

luscombe1959

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May 11, 2013
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I was fishing in a small river in Florida today and I caught this on a live minnow. It measured a little over 9inches. Can anybody ID it for me and let me know how big this this thing will get? Thanks


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It doesn't seem native. That's for sure! lol
 
Oddball said:
It's not native. It's a brown hoplo catfish (Hoplosternum littorale) originally from S. Amer.
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Ok very cool thank you. Is it possible there are more in the river or is this just a random pet somebody released that I just so happen to catch?
 
They're well distributed throughout Fla. now. They breed readily in the abundant floating plants in Fla waterways (bubblenest builders) and can survive in low O2/stagnant systems.
 
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