Nope, definitely an alewife. The head is rounded and is on one curve with the back, body slimmer than a white perch, tail fin pointed, and the belly is sharp like a herring or shad , unlike the rounded belly of a perch. And that seems like a perfectly normal shad mouth to me.
The mouth is too small to be a white perch, there is a lack of a prominent lateral line, scales are too large and iridescent to be a perch. Also, there are signs of scales falling off, which is very common in shad species and no so common in temperate bass.
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Eli
Sat, 10/10/2015 - 17:21
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White perch, I think. The mou
White perch, I think. The mouth is all wrong for it to be any kind of shad.
Eli
GeluNumber1
Sat, 10/10/2015 - 23:02
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It's hard to tell.
The mouth is shaped like a white perches, but the scales look wonky and more like an alewifes. It's hard to get a good ID without seeing the fins.
All fish are beautiful.
drawer.bli
Sun, 10/11/2015 - 12:42
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Nope, definitely an alewife.
Nope, definitely an alewife. The head is rounded and is on one curve with the back, body slimmer than a white perch, tail fin pointed, and the belly is sharp like a herring or shad , unlike the rounded belly of a perch. And that seems like a perfectly normal shad mouth to me.
drawer.bli
Sun, 10/11/2015 - 12:47
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The mouth is too small to be
The mouth is too small to be a white perch, there is a lack of a prominent lateral line, scales are too large and iridescent to be a perch. Also, there are signs of scales falling off, which is very common in shad species and no so common in temperate bass.
Dr Flathead
Sun, 10/11/2015 - 13:52
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Blueback Herring?
Blueback Herring?
drawer.bli
Sun, 10/11/2015 - 17:28
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Possibly, but its really hard
Possibly, but its really hard to tell given this picture.