Madtom question
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Is the adipose fin merged with the caudal fin? If so I'd say stonecat, otherwise yellow bullhead.
Sounds like a stone cat, they can be locally plentiful but generally rare, it pays to know what you are collecting and where. Do not release them back into the wild! If they are rare or endangered it's too late releasing them into wild could introduce disease, never release captive fish back into the wild...
I don't know what your state considers them, but in general they are common and listed as a species of least concern
Accidents happen. They were tiny little black catfish when I caught them so it was impossible to know what they were. I wouldn't deliberately catch/keep anything endangered.
It would have been impossible without a microscope to tell what they were. THAT small. I would never release anything back into the wild - don't worry.
And thanks for the input though!!
Obligatory "impossible to tell from pics" pics.
Of course, you can't see the tail on either of these clowns! Although, now looking at the yellow one, the dorsal fin is huge compared to the stonecat...
Of course, you can't see the tail on either of these clowns! Although, now looking at the yellow one, the dorsal fin is huge compared to the stonecat...
100% yellow bullheads. They'll get about 10-14", hope you've got a 125g or more for the two of them when they're adults. Great fish to keep, just large and messy.
Thanks for the input! They'll fit right in my 265. I'd put them in now, but my eel will eat them. Or my other bullhead will. :/ Will let them grow out in the 75 for a while.
