What kind of fish is this?

No wonder they call them snakeheads in the states. They look kinda like snakes. I really do think someone will catch one soon with a leg or two starting to grow lol.

I used to catch them a lot while going for carp in Frenchmans bay but haven't got one in years

Snakehead is a different fish.

Snakehead is a different fish.

bah, i say bowfin are canadian snakeheads.

seriously though they are very similar fish but I just saw looked up the difference on line and I would say they will both soon we walking lol

Aren't common names fun?! Every couple of blocks they change, and nobody knows what you're talking about. Using the scientific name sounds snobbish to some, but it will save any confusion. Just a quick Google search will locate it. Put that in your posts and discussions will go a lot faster.

Look carefully at that picture and it seems that there is a spot at the upper base of the body where it becomes tail. That identifies it as Amia calva. Case closed.

A bowfin and a Snakeheads are different fish. I don't think any snakeheads made it's way to canada yet. But in the USA they have both. We have Snakeheads in the potomac river where I've fished before.

Bowfin are resident fish in the north america.

Dog fish ling whatever you wanna call them there the same thing a d they are good eati g but not in mid summer spring winter and fall they taste great

well no theyre not the same :

burbot



bowfin




.........theyre both kinda creepy lookin though, hehe

What ever theres so little diferens the berbot is a snake head

What ever theres so little diferens the berbot is a snake head

These are two excellent comparison pictures of burbot / ling and bowfin / dogfish.

Ling is scales, whiskers similar to catfish. Bowfin has scales.

Perhaps swimming through the water could be considered the same . . .

What ever theres so little diferens the berbot is a snake head

Not so, do a little research on species and you will find the differences or use the scientific names and no issues or errors.

Dogfish is an acceptable name.
They have been called dogfish long before most of you were born

Bowfin
Bowfin are basal bony fishes related to gars in the infraclass Holostei. Common names include mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, griddle, grinnel, cypress trout and choupique. Wikipedia[COLOR=red]

Look. Caught 2 of these today

Hard to make out anything distinct with the picture -suggest a different background other than the water . . .

Any other pics?

Thanks

Bowfin

Zoom in. You'll get the pic