07-16-2012, 05:07 PM
looks like a burbot to me, look at the fins on the back in these two comparisons, the snakehead is one continuous fin, where the burbot has a smaller fin, then the long fin down its back.
snakehead:
http://www.wvdnr.gov/fishing/snakehead.shtm
burbot:
http://fish.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/Gadidae/gadidae.html
its hard to see its mouth in the photograph, but coloring and fin structure matches the burbot more. bucket biologist I betcha...
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snakehead:
http://www.wvdnr.gov/fishing/snakehead.shtm
burbot:
http://fish.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/Gadidae/gadidae.html
its hard to see its mouth in the photograph, but coloring and fin structure matches the burbot more. bucket biologist I betcha...
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