Calling ALL fish ID experts

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bonita69

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I know this is saltwater forums but maybe you still can help me out.
Freshwater.... I have these in my pond....they are 100% for sure wild....unless my fish mated it self. At the time of arrival I had only 1 fish in the pond.
I had a pond disaster and flooded my pond 4 yrs ago and killed all of 200 + fish adults and all babies koi and goldfish. I had one survivor one of the goldfish babies. (Her name is now Chlorine)
How this fish survived is a beyond me, because I flooded the pond 2 MORE times WITH CITY WATER...
the 2nd time she was swimming sideways and I was for sure she would die....She made it again!!!! The 3rd time it happend she did not even bat a fin. Im flooded the pond overnight here.....So again how this fish made it ????????
Chlorine survived....turns out it is a She.....She had been by herself for 2 yrs then last yr I saw little fry babies in the pond.....NO new plants where added to pond since the disaster happen....So thanks to birds is all I can say??? So there is the history of the pond.
So now on to the id....I thought they where wild carp....but they have no barbs at the mouth...Wild goldfish maybe? Is there such a thing? They are not minnows.... look at the fins the shape is of Carp or goldfish or something like it...These guys have larger scales like them too. Growth rate is fast.
They are not shy they are eating from my hands that is how I caught this little sucker!!! So Now any ID would be great!



 
beachblue

beachblue

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Probably some type of bream, and you're right, most likely from eggs carried in stuck on the legs of wading birds. Careful, herons especially consider ponds containing goldfish to be smorgasbords!
 
fishtaco

fishtaco

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Originally Posted by srfisher17
http:///forum/post/3263322
I'll take a stab at being 'Geek of the Week"----I think its some species of bitterling.
I looked in a book I have that has a section on cold water fish and I think it is a bitterling also, odd because it is a European species and would be far from home. If it is a bitterling a call to the local fish and wildlife office might be in order because it would be yet another invasive species.....sigh. Keep us updated.
Fishtaco
 
srfisher17

srfisher17

Active Member
Originally Posted by Fishtaco
http:///forum/post/3263794
I looked in a book I have that has a section on cold water fish and I think it is a bitterling also, odd because it is a European species and would be far from home. If it is a bitterling a call to the local fish and wildlife office might be in order because it would be yet another invasive species.....sigh. Keep us updated.
Fishtaco
I think these illegal immigrants have been around a while; many of them spawn in clams, if my memory is correct. (It isn't as often as it used to be.)
Edit: Just Google images for Rhodeus sericeus and I think you'll find it.
 
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