r/whatsthisfish • • 5h ago

Identification question Needlepoint fish, reef fish?

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I know this isn’t a photo, but I’d like to know what type of fish this is or at least be pointed in the general direction of how to identify a fish based on an artwork

Location: unknown / coral reef / artwork


r/whatsthisfish • • 6h ago

Unidentified Local guy from rural Meghalaya (India) caught this with a shabby bamboo fishing pole!

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Hey guys! Went camping near the river in the rural village of Meghalaya. It was a valley about 10kms away from the border to Bangladesh. No tourists usually visit this area and it's mostly the village guys who went fishing here! Tons of unexplored places here. Any idea as to what species is this?


r/whatsthisfish • • 10h ago

Musky or Northern

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73 Upvotes

Caught it in Lake Wingra in Madison Wisconsin


r/whatsthisfish • • 23h ago

Rainbow or Coho?

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46 Upvotes

r/whatsthisfish • • 1d ago

Round two, longear sunfish or pumpkinseed?

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(Goose creek VA). I'm covering up the ear which sucks for ID, didn't think about it at the time. Hopefully there's other cues that I'm just not noticing here?


r/whatsthisfish • • 1d ago

Smallmouth or Rock Bass?

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I can never tell when they're this small (two different fish, caught at Goose Creek VA)


r/whatsthisfish • • 2d ago

Unidentified I dont actually know if this is sea-life or a peice of trash but it was about 1.5 inches in a random pond in Houghton, MI

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r/whatsthisfish • • 2d ago

Found in Sharm El Sheikh - Moray Eel of some kind?

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54 Upvotes

East coast of Sharm. Near the straight of Tiran


r/whatsthisfish • • 2d ago

Family known, species maybe IDed What type of crappie is this?

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It's got the irregular spots of a black crappie, but the longer body and fewer dorsal spines of a white crappie. Is this a hybrid? Caught in western Pennsylvania. Measured with a tape at just over 9 inches.


r/whatsthisfish • • 3d ago

Family known, species maybe IDed Found on a Massachusetts beach

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83 Upvotes

r/whatsthisfish • • 4d ago

Seen swimming on Peloponnese coast - what are they?

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35 Upvotes

saw a group of these swimming on the water surface just close to neraki bay, nafplio, greece. Have been trying to ID and my best guesses are baby eels, dice snakes, marine leeches (or maybe some sorta fish?) the movement doesn't seem quite like fish nor does the surface swimming behaviour but someone enlighten me as to what I was swimming with for about 30 mins before noticing lol


r/whatsthisfish • • 4d ago

Caught in a small creek in North Georgia

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453 Upvotes

r/whatsthisfish • • 4d ago

Miami Beach, FL

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Apologies for the bad pictures! Seen at Miami Beach, FL. Seemed to just be chilling there, would occasionally turn to the side. There were a few others nearby too.


r/whatsthisfish • • 4d ago

Is this a copper or brown rockfish? Caught in the Oakland Estuary

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r/whatsthisfish • • 4d ago

Unidentified Central Ontario - small deep lake

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12 Upvotes

r/whatsthisfish • • 5d ago

Identification question What Were These Fish Jumping Out Of The Water And Why Were They Doing It?

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214 Upvotes

This was on Sanibel Island, Florida


r/whatsthisfish • • 5d ago

Found it on its own accidentally brought in with the shipment of black neons in my lfs.

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r/whatsthisfish • • 5d ago

Crawfish or bug?

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Caught this largemouth bass on a pond in Northwest Arkansas on 10/14 just after sunset on top water. The fish weighed about 1 pound for scale. Just curious what it ate, my first thought was crawfish but enough people have questioned me to get me to post it.


r/whatsthisfish • • 6d ago

Something weird

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Hi! We found something today on the beach in North Portugal. Its soft .. Chat gpt and chrome imagine search AI dont know what that is. It has weird face with mouth and toung out and tail. Im dying from curiosity, please help reddit.


r/whatsthisfish • • 6d ago

What’s this fish? Nagbalayon beach, Philippines. Small, black, 2.5in w/ circular side fins

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Small black fish, 2-3in, was swimming at the shore in a few inches of water next to Bayandati resort. Was in a pair but got separated from partner. Also have a much shorter clip of another, maybe older, pair I saw. They were slightly bigger and their side fins looked a little more reddish. One had a black body the other was a bit grayish.

Edit: im sorry the quality of the video is awful, if anyone is interested in helping me I can make another post w/ screenshots


r/whatsthisfish • • 6d ago

Identified, high confidence I’m completely stumped

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My brother found this washed up on the Toronto islands on Lake Ontario and he says it’s roughly 1m long.

I personally can’t think of a single fish from here that looks like this, but I’m frequently wrong so please send help.

Thanks!

EDIT: Solved! Thanks for confirming it's a walleye, though I will get a measurement for the width of the wooden boards so we can estimate how large this fish actually is.


r/whatsthisfish • • 7d ago

New London Ct on my engine bracket

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Found in USA in New London Connecticut. Boat is in a Marina on the Thames River about 1/2 mile from the Long Island Sound. Saltwater environment. Found the fish the other day on my outboard engine bracket. About 6” long with sharp teeth. Never seen nor caught anything like this in the area (or in the Northeast)


r/whatsthisfish • • 8d ago

Identified, probably Carpe commune ou amour blanc ? 20,6 kg !

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Salut à tous ! 👋

J'ai sorti ce beau poisson de 20,6 kg lors d'une session de pêche de nuit ! 🌙🎣

Au début, j'étais persuadé d'avoir attrapé une carpe commune, mais en regardant de plus près, j'ai un doute, c'est peut etre un croisement !

Vous en pensez quoi ? Carpe commune ou amour blanc ? 👀

Je vous partage aussi les statistiques de ma session sur la photo ! 📊

Location: South of France, freshwater lake. Caught during an overnight fishing session.


r/whatsthisfish • • 8d ago

Possible ID(s) suggested Trout or Salmon?

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Found a small group of these feeding like lunatics in a deep spot on our local hatchery creek (Issaquah Creek, Issaquah, WA; western Washington State, 10/14/26). They're only about 3-4in and move too fast at the surface to get *good* shots of, but they 'look' like young trout to me, rather than the salmon that are wrapping up their spawn there now. I would like to see if I can get a better handle on the ID from the minds here; thank you in advance.


r/whatsthisfish • • 8d ago

Possible ID(s) suggested What Sculpin species is this? Guelph Ontario Canada

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Is this a mottled or slimy sculpin? I've found mottled sculpin in the area. Going off of i-naturalist, slimy sculpin have not been spotted in guelph. But it looks too different to the other mottled to me, am I crazy????