Xanthic x Melanistic BOWFIN!!!--

[E_americanus]

-just a quick note - already getting some cool info down the pipe via fbook and onto the blog/site for primitivefishes.wordpress.com...check it out...

XANTHIC and MELANISTIC Bowfin Morph!--

received this from a colleague and former fellow grad student--
--solomon

 

[Wiggles92]

Wow, that's a very neat bowfin. I wonder if the person that caught it kept it or released it?

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

I would give my right testi for that. Is the fins green?

 

[Greg31]

Sexy fish.

 

[pharmaecopia]

That is one cool looking bowfin. Seems like something that would get labelled as a piebald.

 

[Wiggles92]

I would give my right testi for that. Are the fins green?

Maybe it's a breeding-age male?

 

[E_americanus]

Maybe it's a breeding-age male?

it is a breeding age male. i mention on the sites commentary that this "sunburst" pattern often shows up in xanthic fish during or around breeding season. the highlighted green fins are typical of a breeding age/breeding season male--
--solomon

 

[Hao]

Beautiful Bowfin! :O

 

[MonsterMinis]

beautiful fish.

 

[sbuse]

i seen one, but that was back when i was under the general knowledge they were garbage fish so i didn't get it. damn shame.

i have also seen a male that was nuclear green, but tossed it back.