Help Finding Fish Picture

Habs11 · #1 (**permalink**) 06-20-2005, 03:11 PM

I'm trying to find an old thread of fish/creature pictures form after the tsunami.

Why is because I caught some nasty looking fish this weekend that might just be in that old thread.

I can not find a picture of it with a google search. Anyway it was 10 inches long, thin like the tube inside of paper towel, had a small mouth that maybe could fit a penny and tiny teeth........... the kicker is it had tiny legs and feet... I let it go and it slithered away on the bottom like a snake.

Everyone (adults and kids included) was freaking out.

So if someone can link that old thread of the nasty looking sea creatures please do and I'll see if this bad boy was in it. If not shall this post fade away and die.

**Asleep** · #2 (**permalink**) 06-20-2005, 03:16 PM

this one?

AznInvazn · #3 (**permalink**) 06-20-2005, 03:54 PM

Was it a lamprey?

http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/con.../sealampr.html

Habs11 · #4 (**permalink**) 06-20-2005, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AznInvazn

Was it a lamprey?

http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/con.../sealampr.html

sort of like this guy but no dorsal fin and it had stubby legs with feet - the feet were little webbed things about the size of a standard pencil erasure. the mouth was similar to that if lamprey too.

Altimasport* · #5 (**permalink**) 06-20-2005, 04:07 PM

Those Lampreys are no joke. I live right by a river and I've seen Lampreys get huge, 3ft-4ft in length.

AznInvazn · #6 (**permalink**) 06-20-2005, 04:25 PM

One last try:

It was a waterdog/mudpuppy, right?

Morpheus · #7 (**permalink**) 06-20-2005, 04:43 PM

There you go.

Habs11 · #8 (**permalink**) 06-20-2005, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AznInvazn

One last try:

It was a waterdog/mudpuppy, right?

Waterdog - this looks more like it except for a wider mouth but yea this must be it - i should have described it as a freaky big salamander.
http://www.livingunderworld.org/gall...stWaterdog.jpg

the funny part (now) is my brother-in-law said it was a mud dog and i though he was just joking because there is a low level baseball team around here call the muckdogs - so i was calling it a muckdog!!!! also funny was mom-in-laws look when i held it up to her face!!

thanks guys - now i have to get back to work!!