One fish a day thread

[shresearchdude]

Dwarf Goatfish! Yes when something that has color in it around here it's usually very noticeable. I got one of these in a trawl back ten years ago in Raritan Bay when we were doing some bottom trawls for a fellow colleague.

http://fishbase.org/summary/1095

not my photo... I had preserved the specimen-but like most things around here-it was disposed of when it wasn't needed anymore....

[shresearchdude]

Sticklebacks come in various types. 5 Spine-9 Spine. Either way you slice it when they get eaten by predators they stick their spines up and I've had multiple smaller predators try to eat them. Each and every time they get caught in the predator throat and they cough them back out.
Inshore. Grassy beds. The fish maintain their "nest" and keep other fish out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stickleback

this video sounds a bit like fish porn-and no I'm not the narrator
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Thr...eback#p003k10x

[shresearchdude]

Bluespotted cornetfish. I've seen these up to about 10" in our area.
When they are darting around they can be mistaken for needlefish.

I've caught them in beach seines.

[shresearchdude]

So lets go with the Atlantic Needlefish then. I haven't been doing tons of beach seines or looking for snappers in the river in the last year or two. But that's where they should be found. I had thought I had heard that they weren't so plentiful over the last few years..???

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/fieldgu...tic_needlefish

http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Spec...iesname=marina

[shresearchdude]

Striped Killifish. Although they can tolerate some harsh conditions these fish don't do well when kept at the same conditions as the more better known marsh killifish.
So they die quicker. Their design with a sloped nose allows them to dive into the sand to avoid predators and beach seines. I've watched killies move into a dry marsh as the tide rolls in-and they were at the front end of the water as it moved in.

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/d...rkillifish.pdf

bonus photo of the parade this weekend.

[shresearchdude]

Lets stick with tiny baitfish for a few days then...

Sheepshead minnow-these chunky little guys aren't that numerous but they do show up occasionally in different locations.

http://www.gma.org/fogm/Cyprinodon_variegatus.htm

[SaltLife1980]

Originally Posted by shresearchdude

Striped Killifish. Although they can tolerate some harsh conditions these fish don't do well when kept at the same conditions as the more better known marsh killifish.
So they die quicker. Their design with a sloped nose allows them to dive into the sand to avoid predators and beach seines. I've watched killies move into a dry marsh as the tide rolls in-and they were at the front end of the water as it moved in.

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/d...rkillifish.pdf

bonus photo of the parade this weekend.

Sometimes get these mixed in with killies when you get em. I know one thing. Fluke dont like em

[shresearchdude]

now the common kilifish.

Which is actually a Mummichog. I've got a few pets in a tank that I've been neglecting all winter. Whenever there were leftovers from some larger fish that didn't want to eat anymore-the small guys got to clean up. They are super easy to breed. Here they use a pleated filter hung in the water that has been brought up to the spawning temperature range. And then they pull the filter and leave it out of the water for a period-just like low tide. And they hatch when they get wet again.

http://www.gma.org/fogm/Fundulus_heteroclitus.htm

[shresearchdude]

White Mullet-generally mistaken for striped mullet.

We can get the tiny guys in beach seines but forget about them once they grow to a few inches-they just jump over the net-if they get the chance.

I have been fishing a point of land and watched mullet heading for the edge of the corner and have predators-stripers/bluefish just waiting for them. It's spectacular when you're at the right place at the right time.

http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Mugil_curema.htm

[shresearchdude]

Deepbody Boarfish.

I only see these on the NOAA Bottom Trawl Survey ships. They are a deep species that seem to have a wide range.

http://www.fishbase.se/summary/3258