What is this fish called?

[edwin_132]

It was caught in the Cottonwood River, In Sanborn MN.

It has a rounded tail and it's very slimy.

 

[Redtailcatfishlover]

its some kind of catfish maybe a albino bullhead or something

 

[komodo182]

I would say dead probably

 

[Kaliedoscope]

Thats a madtom. Probably yellow but I'm not sure on species. They're dwarf catfishes that usually inhabit quickly flowing rivers or streams. Google madtom and you find a picture of that fish. If you want the species name, try looking in axelrods atlas, the madtom genus is Noturus.

 

[Kaliedoscope]

And it looks dead, but if you're planning on keeping these, they don't do well in any sort of setup besides a COLD water riffle/stream system IME

 

[edwin_132]

That's it. Thanx,

 

[edwin_132]

It wasn't dead, it was thrown back in after pictures where taken.

 

[haywood]

.... and then it died.

 

[knifegill]

Should have eaten it. It was destroyed already. Yes, looks like a margined or slender madtom. Great aquarium fish, go catch another with a barbless hook if it's legal where you are. They don't live very long, though, rarely exceeding four years. Very odd for a catfish. Fun critters, though, always zipping about at feeding time.

 

[edwin_132]

1o years of fishing there, this was the first year of gethching one-It was still living when i put it back in the river, it swam away. Wasn't Dead... but it does look like it.