#nanf

[thenativetank]

Sir you are under arrest for being criminally tiny.

But you're so cute no jury would convict - so you are free to go.

[floridafishkeeper]

Feral shrimp aside, here's a bunch of photos of some of the natives I collected in Marine, brackish, and fresh conditions. I'll try to list all of them.

Sailfin molly,Naked goby, Marsh killifish (confluentus), southern puffer, frillfin goby's, Florida blenny, dwarf seahorse, gulf pipefish, southern hake, and a pair of plane head filefish.

[gasolineweirdo]

Ocean pout, Zoarces americanus

Photo by Massato Côté

[just-another-human-person]

so I haven’t been as active this past week b/c highschool but nevermind that have some fish

longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae)

mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdii)

speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus)

[woozymitts]

Totally random and not pet related but I just learned that the genus Amia has been separated into two extant species! There was previously only one, Amia calva, the bowfin, but after genetic work last year it was separated into two species, with the new one being Amia ocellicauda, the eyespot bowfin.

I found this out by logging into iNaturalist and seeing that people were going nuts with the ID on my bowfin observation. These pictures are from 2019, this huge dude swam up to me and let me take a few pictures! You can see the pronounced eyespot in the second picture.

I just thought it was neat that I took pictures of a “new” species before it was even named haha. Really wish I had my GoPro back then so I could have gotten some cool underwater shots of this big guy!

[fishmostly]

In Mississippi, a tiny fish is reintroduced to the river where it disappeared 50 years ago

A species of tiny fish that once flourished in the U.S. South's Pearl River is being reintroduced there after disappearing 50 years ago.

[fishcommunity]

First day in the tank - the Mudminnows sure don't trust me but they are at least out and about!

[estuarine-space-communism]

a comrade and I drove out to the island yesterday to try and catch some yellow perch, but our spot was completely frozen over! so we went to another pond and found a nice gap in the ice, where we caught a whole mess of bluegills, bullheads, and shiners. the first fishing adventure of 2018, though cold as hell, was a success.