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Mudpuppy

Necturus maculosus

Photo by LisaTaylor
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40.4158, -80.0248

Field Notes

Description:

About eight to ten inches long

Habitat:

Hooked on our line trying to eat our minnow when fishing near a dam in Pittsburgh PA

Species ID Suggestions

Mudpuppy

Necturus maculosus

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Comments (5)
t915v
It inhabits fast water with rocky bottoms. Has external gills and lives life underwater
t915v
It's called a Hellbender salamander
keithp2012
It still has gills, I wonder if it's the larva of a salamander, or a species that lives under water it's whole life?
Chivvy
That's one big salamander!
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PublishedNovember 25, 2010

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