Does anybody know what this fish is?

old salmon from last fall.

I have to agree with Bowfin.

X2.

X2.

X3 Saw a bunch of them along a little creek last week while looking for suckers.

Salmon for sure

I did some research and i think its a snakehead I found some skelton pics





a close up of my pic

Snakeheads are very similar skeletally to bowfin, but they dont have the circular mark by the tail fin like this fish does.
They also have a very long anal fin, this fish does not.
There's also been no confirmed snakeheads in Ontario, if this was a snakehead i think the MNR would be very interested in hearing about it, so you might want to get in touch with them if unsure.

Its a bowfin (salmonids have very sharp tail fin edges, this fish has a rounded tail fin).

https://www.ontario.ca/page/northern-snakehead

lol, well they both have teeth. I don't know how any of those pictures match the one originally posted.

Must be a bowfin.... Any other fish and the birds and animals would have picked it clean... Even snakehead I hear are delicious. Seagulls won't even touch a bowfin

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the pic of the mouth and teeth are a blown up version of the original fish picture posted. im going to see if it is still on the shore line and if it is i'm going to grab it

Good idea......for future reference for identifying fish....take more shots, especially

head

body

tail

fins

much easier that way...

Anyway, I would think it is a salmon, given the mouth shape


I had to change my mind after the closeup on the head/jaws

Lake Simcoe Doormat Fish?

I'd say Bowfin.

I'd say Bowfin.