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divemaster99

divemaster99

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I saw all the other threads on here about rare fish and rare strains so figured I'd make one for exclusively US natives. This can be any fish that can be found in US borders but it has to have something different about it, even if it's just something minor. This could be anything from a very darkly colored bluegill to an albino Muskie.

Heres a nice looking fish I found to start this off: Perca flavescens "blue"

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I can imagine and see that now on a vendor's list....Perca flavecens sp azul lol..I'm not all that crazy about albino fish but I'd love to see an albino Muskie.
 
If I ever caught a blue yellow perch I'd fill my pocket with water and run it home :ROFL:.

Here's some more eye candy: Xanthic Poxomis nigromaculatus

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Along with the blue perch there is a supposed extinct version with the blue walleye. I read into this awhile ago and I believe it is a pigment mutation causing the blue color.
 
fatboy8 said:
Along with the blue perch there is a supposed extinct version with the blue walleye. I read into this awhile ago and I believe it is a pigment mutation causing the blue color.
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turns out that blue pike is a subspecies of walleyes and not a pigment mutation. There are few morphology differences. For instance blue pike has larger eyes and they do not get very big unlike their cousin the walleye. Their maximum size is only 15-16" when fully grown. The blue pike can be only found in Lake Erie ( or at least one of the Great Lakes).
Blue pike is genetically different from the walleyes.
 
Blue Pike?
 
Yeah, I've studied the few available studies on blue pike for a while now. Sadly they're so rare (if you can even find an actual one) that there isn't enough info as I'd like to see on them.

heres a picture (blue is the bottom one and the normal yellow walleye is above) :

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To me they're extremely fascinating fish and I'd like there to be more info on them.

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