Northern Pikeminnow
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Well i've have a few die regretfully and they seam like a regular mouth... just more of a down angle... I looked up Catostomid species and those look nothing like this...
I am actually thinking juvie peamouth chub (Mylochielus caurinus) pretty common in western Washington, do best in well oxygenated, cool water.max out at about14"
though I have never seen one that big.
The northern pikeminnow gets larger though not as big as the colorado or sacramento ones, they are agressive feeders but again need cool, oxegenated water, the lower 2 pics are pikeminnows, the upper one is a peamouth.
though I have never seen one that big.
The northern pikeminnow gets larger though not as big as the colorado or sacramento ones, they are agressive feeders but again need cool, oxegenated water, the lower 2 pics are pikeminnows, the upper one is a peamouth.
It looks like a chubsucker to me. You are keeping them with poecillids?? What temperature is the water?
It's looks like a Largescale sucker Catostomus macrocheilus...I've caught many of them while playing with Pacific northwest Lampreys.
If your keeping them in a tank above 65 you are really putting them right at deaths door. Optimal temp is 55 to 60.
If your keeping them in a tank above 65 you are really putting them right at deaths door. Optimal temp is 55 to 60.
The large scale was my first thought, also very common in the Seattle area, Just seemed a bit smooth skinned to me.
