midnight;1277296; said:
The pointy spines on the anal fin.
Anal fin is on the bottom of the body just in front of the tail.
what kind of bullheads?
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The pointy spines on the anal fin.
Anal fin is on the bottom of the body just in front of the tail.
good call on counting the fins.
i didnt count tho
hopefully someone can tell now.
but you can tell there different
first 2 pics are the same fish,last 2 are the same fish.
also i have a floridas freshwater fish poster and i dont even see spotted cats on it.
i didnt count tho
hopefully someone can tell now.
but you can tell there different
first 2 pics are the same fish,last 2 are the same fish.
also i have a floridas freshwater fish poster and i dont even see spotted cats on it.
Those are all 100% brown bullheads. Spotteds have a different pattern. Yours are more "mottled". Look at this:http://forum.nanfa.org/index.php?showtopic=2933&st=0
The first two pics are a spotted bullhead. The other bullheads are browns. Brown bullheads have high variation in color and pattern even within the same populations. Florida browns normally have the most mottling, and considering that is where they were caught, those are definitely brown bullheads.
The first two pics are a spotted bullhead. The other bullheads are browns. Brown bullheads have high variation in color and pattern even within the same populations. Florida browns normally have the most mottling, and considering that is where they were caught, those are definitely brown bullheads.
heres the fl catfish list
http://floridafisheries.com/Fishes/catfish.html
only one with a small anal fin like the last pic i showed is a flathead and i know its not that.
http://floridafisheries.com/Fishes/catfish.html
only one with a small anal fin like the last pic i showed is a flathead and i know its not that.
Maybe the top one in the anal fin pics is a yellow/snail bullhead. What color are the chin barbels(whiskers)? Even if they are different species you don't have spotted bullheads, even though they do live in FL. And are those the same fish as in the first set of pics?
ya same fish in all the pics
1 has black spots
then i had
2 of the more plain brown ones.
i put one brown in a pond and kept 1 of each,brownish one and spotted "last pics"
not sure on barbels,took alot to get that last set of pics.lol
1 has black spots
then i had
2 of the more plain brown ones.
i put one brown in a pond and kept 1 of each,brownish one and spotted "last pics"
not sure on barbels,took alot to get that last set of pics.lol
Well, you could also have black bullheads. Not sure. Your first set of pics looks like all browns though, so that's what I'm going to say they are.
so it doesnt matter the anal fins are not the same? 
lol
i dont see them being the same fish with different fins lol
loli dont see them being the same fish with different fins lol
midnight;1279654; said:so it doesnt matter the anal fins are not the same?
i dont see them being the same fish with different fins lol
Some fish just have individual differences. Brown bullheads can have between 20 and 26 anal fin rays, which can actually be quite a significant difference in fin size.
