Please add Unknown,

Submitted by RyanD19972 on Thu, 11/03/2016 - 11:16

Common Name:

Unknown

Main Photo:

Additional Photos:

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I was just wondering if this was a blue catfish or a channel catfish. I sadly don't have a picture of the anal fin, which I know would be very helpful. The fish had a very broad head and strange coloring to be a channel cat and was caught in northwest Georgia.

Species Assigned:

Catfish, Channel

Adult Size :

Standard

Proposed Species Group:

Catfishes

Region Caught:

North America

Closed Without Identification:

Comments

IvanTortuga

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 14:08

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Can't Tell

I can't really see the defining features enough to tell personally. Someone else might be better at it though. Here is a quick ID page that helps seperate the two so if you remember or have more pictures you'll be able to tell. http://www.catfishedge.com/catfish-species-basics/

philaroman

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 16:59

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might be a trophy-size White,

might be a trophy-size White, going by the whiskers in 2nd photo & your description of "very broad head and strange coloring"

http://www.roughfish.com/white-catfish

...can't see the tail clearly, but a Channel or Blue of that size would be a youngster w/ deeply forked, "pointy" caudal fin

P.E.T.A. sucks!!! Plants are living things, too -- they're just easier to catch!

drawer.bli

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 19:53

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I'd bet channel. Chin barbels

I'd bet channel. Chin barbels have darker tips. If it was a white, the coloration would be slightly more blotchy and less sleek, the body would be stouter and the head would be larger. Also it would be a world-record sized white. Doesn't look like a blue either, judging by the proportions and the anal fin in the second pic. Watershed would be helpful for an ID.

RyanD19972

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 20:59

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It was caught in the little

It was caught in the little tallapoosa watershed

Graceclaw

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 20:24

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Uhh...

It would be a world-record White, but honestly that's what it looks like to me. Look at that crazy overbite- not very CCAt-like at all. The caudal tips are also quite rounded, like a White's.

I've never caught a Blue though, so maybe those also make it a good candidate for that- I am just impressed by the mouth. Looks exactly like a White's.

Graceclaw

Thu, 11/03/2016 - 20:27

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