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Can you guess what my name is?? Please try to identify the exact species name. This is not a sanctioned contest or give away, but a test of knowledge.



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Is that one species or two?
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There is only one in there. Here is a bigger picture to help you out.



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From what I can tell by the picture, it appears to be a sauger. I don't know it's exact species name.
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Scientific name: Tinca tinca

Common size: 20-25 cm, weight: 150-250 gr

Fishing season: Spring-Summer

Bait: Corn, flour, worms, bread etc

Lives at the bed of dams and prefers spots with plants and mud.

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Just a little ways off. The Tinka tinka is a member of the carp family and called a Tench. This one is not in the carp family at all. This species exists in many waters throughout the world but the exact species is only in Cali. I hope that gives you some kind of clue. Good guess though.[cool]
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It is not in the sauger family.[cool] The saugers are related to the Walleye. Thanks for the guess and feel free to try again.
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Thanks for the tip.

Is it A Catostomus santaanae ?

Common Name Santa Anna Sucker.
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Way to go! PM your address to me and I'll send you a BFT sticker.

Like I said this is not a contest or giveaway. I'm just being generous today.
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very nice. isn't this an endangered fish here in california? where did you catch it?
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I didn't catch it. As a moderator of this board, I will sometimes throw in a "Who am I" post just to keep people awake. The prize is usually some BFT stickers for your tackle box, car or whatever you want to put them on.

I will generally put one on the freshwater and the saltwater board as well. There is one there now if you would like to guess at it.[cool]
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cool. i've heard about these fish but have never seen one. thanks
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The one in the picture was actually caught in the Santa Clara River just below Valencia. Here is some of the information provided on the site that I got it from.

[#23238e]INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO [/#23238e] [li]date of photo May 22, 2003 [li]location Santa Clara River at McBean Parkway Bridge (Los Angeles County, California, US) [li]species associated with this habitat: Catostomus santaanae[li]notes Approximately 5 individuals observed at base of mulefat in shallow creek flows of the Santa Clara River. [li]camera Olympus 700 Digital [/li]
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Looks like a Santa Ana sucker to me. No clue what the genus/species would be.
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So thats what a Tench looks like. I had some friend that took me out once on Pend Orillie (sp) Pronounced Pon-doray. River bow fishing. They used come thru when the river floods. Never did get one, but they irritated the hell out of us. All you could see were these orange eyes just before they rammed your leg. Had a blast, but never got any. Always wondered what they looked like.
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Actually the one above is not the tench or the Tinka tinka. Here is a couple of pictures of a Tench.





Tinca tinca - Tench [center][/center] [center][/center]Ponds, canals and slow-flowing rivers with muddy beds and plenty of weed are ideal habitat for tench. They are cyprinids - members of the carp family.

Tench fishing is a summer pursuit, as these are warm weather fish and in winter they tend to become dormant. They vary from bronze through olive green to almost black, depending upon habitat. Golden tench have been bred selectively and in the wild they are very vulnerable to predatory birds.

The British record tench, caught in a Middlesex gravel pit in 1987, weighed just over 14 lb (6.4 kg). Tench do not usually live as long as carp and they tend to grow more slowly, but specimens more than ten years old are quite common. They feed almost exclusively in the sediment, taking chironomid larvae, worms and other mud-dwelling creatures.
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nice fish there tubeN2 i like seeing new fish ..
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I'm trying my best to get species from all over the world. At least some of the species are in various states. That helps to keep some people interested.

Go ahead and take a guess on the saltwater species that's over on the salt board. Noone has attempted it yet.
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love the idea and it is fun to i like seeing new fish and they are awesome. heading there now.
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[unsure][#800000][size 2]A review of this fish's anatomy finds some rather interesting features. 1) A soft dorsal fin. 2) Rather large pectoral fins. 3) It doesn't appear to have any scales. 4) Looks like there is another fin on the underside directly below the dorsal fin. What is that all about? This might be some type of sucker. Not really sure for I can't see it's mouth. Well I will keep thinking about this dude maybe I can find one in my pool. [][/size][/#800000]
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