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flathead catfish

Pylodictis olivaris

Photo by AnnaWhipkey
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Field Notes

Description:

fish carcass, about 2' long

Habitat:

Lake Michigan, found on the Eastern shore

Reference Links:

Flathead catfish

Species ID Suggestions

Flathead Catfish

Pylodictus olivaris
jbstrange2202
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Comments (7)
jbstrange2202
That's a flathead catfish. Look at the caudal fin- its not forked at all, an indicative sign of a flathead
AnnaWhipkey
Thanks for the confirmation IanLine, I'm going to go with channel catfish. The Michigan DNR lists them as being in the lake. I have quite a few spottings with dead animals or animal remains and haven't had any problems on PN.
IanLine
Yeah a dead catfish... I'm surprised the mods haven't asked you to take this down... They harass me to take down pictures of dead animals. I say they can screw off. Spotting them dead is just as important as alive when it comes to data collection.
AnnaWhipkey
ok Emily, I'll add my other dead fish too
EmilyMarino
Looks like a large fish! Please consider adding this to the "Identifying Animals Through Osteology" Mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8475425

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PublishedSeptember 19, 2011

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