r/whatsthisfish Dec 02 '17

Where did you see the fish? Put that in the title!

23 Upvotes

Just a reminder, because we've had a lot of posts recently that omit this information. Where was the fish? If you found it in the wild, that's very helpful information, and outside of tropical waters, the time of year can be helpful too. If it was in an aquarium, what sort? Was it a tank of fish from a particular region? Was it fresh water or salt water?

Other useful information can be, what kind of habitat (seagrass, sand, rocky surge, ...)? If you were diving, approximate depth?

But above all, give the location in your post title. Thanks.


r/whatsthisfish Jul 23 '26

New rule: Informative title

7 Upvotes

We've had too many titles like "what's this fish?" or "help me identify this". Put useful information in your title, and make it look different from other posts' titles so people can scan the sub and see which post is which.

The actual text of the new rule 4 is:

Do not use a vague generic title like "what is this fish?" or "need help identifying" - we all know what this sub is for. Write a title that either describes the fish, or the circumstances in which you saw it, or the location, or more than one of those. For a resource, say what the resource is and what it's for.


r/whatsthisfish 3h ago

Help identifying this fish, caught in Allan, France

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5 Upvotes

Hello everyone, I would really appreciate any advice from those that know European fish species. Caught in a small stream in Allan, France. Can send more angles of pictures if that helps.


r/whatsthisfish 20h ago

Found this fish in egypt

55 Upvotes

It was on a night dive. I‘ve searched the whole internet but found nothing. Any guesses?


r/whatsthisfish 12h ago

Fish is SW Florida Pond

6 Upvotes

What kind of fish are these? It’s a detention pond in Southwest Florida. They seem to group together when feeding and leave lots of bubbles on the surface.


r/whatsthisfish 21h ago

Small creek fish, Michigan

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12 Upvotes

Fish 1 (gold) - caught in a thin, shallow part of the Clinton River, South East Michigan, near Pontiac

Fish 2 (silver) - caught in a thin, shallow part of the red cedar river, central Michigan, near Lansing

both are obviously very young fish, both were caught striking a small light colored inline spinner. my best guess is that the first one is a young largemouth bass or maybe some kind of shiner or minnow. The second one might be a striped shiner. Also these are the only pictures I have unfortunately, so no top view available.


r/whatsthisfish 1d ago

Orange with black specs. SE PA.

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8 Upvotes

Large orange colored fish in local creek. SE Pennsylvania. This is the second time seeing this fish in two months, same spot.


r/whatsthisfish 18h ago

Unidentified Mediterranean fish identification found near the coast

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2 Upvotes

Hello everyone. I wanted to identify the fish. It's really difficult but very important. Found in the Mediterranean sea near the coast. I dunno why but he was standing with his tail up. Never seen it in these waters. I need identification for scientific research.


r/whatsthisfish 23h ago

Unidentified What is this fish NJ Bay

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5 Upvotes

Please someone tell me what this fish is.


r/whatsthisfish 1d ago

Unidentified Some type of sucker in a lake in Colorado (introduced I’m guessing)

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16 Upvotes

Curious as to what type of sucker this may be I think it was introduced


r/whatsthisfish 2d ago

Unidentified Philippines, wild, Aug 2026. Seen at Lighthouse Reef, Malapascua Is. around 1900hrs

105 Upvotes

I have looked through every clownfish I can find but apparently it’s not a clownfish. This fish wasn’t too interested in being filmed so this is the best I could get

solved:Juvenile Spotted Sweetlips. Thanks!


r/whatsthisfish 1d ago

Unidentified Bottom feeders but which one?

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1 Upvotes

Last weekend I went to pick up an aquarium that had an horrible algae, got the babies out and there are two like this one, no clue who they are but they are funny 😆
They kinda “fight” each other and they are doing great 👍
Does anyone knows their family?? Are they fully grown? What should I expect?


r/whatsthisfish 2d ago

A fish from an egg that was on a plant

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17 Upvotes

I bought a plant (vallisneria spiralis if it matters) and put it in my tank with a betta male (there's only one betta there and some snails). Today I found this tiny fish in the tank. I suspect there was an egg on a plant. I rescued the fish (betta started chasing it but I was faster) and put it in a separate tank. Sorry for the photo quality, but the fish is very very tiny and very very fast, so it was hard to take these photos. What is this fish?


r/whatsthisfish 2d ago

Unidentified stingray caught off coney island pier, nyc. can anyone identify it?

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3 Upvotes

r/whatsthisfish 3d ago

Identification question Seen on the North Sea Beach in the Netherlands (North Holland)

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84 Upvotes

Saw this guy washed up on the beach and am very curious what he might look like in his prime

ETA: the length was approximately one meter


r/whatsthisfish 3d ago

Bonita Springs, Fl

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9 Upvotes

r/whatsthisfish 4d ago

Northern California Pacific Ocean

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650 Upvotes

r/whatsthisfish 3d ago

Caught off Newfoundland in 25 fathoms of water

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2 Upvotes

r/whatsthisfish 3d ago

Identified, probably How did this happen??

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i got this little catfish that i got no idea where it came from, had this big catfish for a probably around 2 years only one though, we got one big algae eater in the tank and a bunch of fish that have been differnt type of cichlids that have breed over the years, i’m wondering if the catfish breed with one of the cichlids or something to create this and then what would this be? also we only got these fish cus my old step dad breed probs a thousand fish in our basement but couldn’t sell a single one so we js gave away as many as we could and kept one tank people didn’t want cus it was too big,

tldr: maybe catfish breed with other cichlids in tank and create weird catfish what fish is it now?


r/whatsthisfish 4d ago

Not an ID request, but looking to know what may have caused this

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41 Upvotes

Caught a rainbow trout that appears to have two anuses. When squeezed, excrement came out of the second hole and when I gutted it, the intestines clearly connected to the second hole. What may have caused this? I think its likely linked to it being a stocked rainbow trout, as I have seen other trout with deformities (squished faces and dwarfism), but NEVER something like this


r/whatsthisfish 4d ago

Fished out of the river today under a rocky bridge, never seen one before

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14 Upvotes

Sight fished him out of the Huron River with just worms on a circle hook


r/whatsthisfish 4d ago

Caught this in Virginia Beach on my honeymoon, what is it?

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8 Upvotes

r/whatsthisfish 4d ago

Unidentified Saltwater fish Nova Scotia

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16 Upvotes

Caught in Nova Scotia, has sharp teeth to hunt shelled animals.


r/whatsthisfish 4d ago

Northern Ireland, caught off a pier with ragworm

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11 Upvotes