What kind of fish is this?

[ooochdigital]

I was fishing in a pond in Markham, Ontario and caught a few of these. I am not sure what it is. It looks like a type of carp but I know carp are usually gold in colour. Any suggestions are appreciated.

[Chevy Champagne]

pretty sure its some sort of sucker i have caught one aswell
heres a pic

[Mudpout]

Pretty sure those two are different fish Chevy, the lips are different. Yours definatly looks like a sucker. Did this fish have a pointed dorsal fin oouch? The dorsal is a good way to tell between diferent types of carps, quillbacks and suckers. Those scales and mouth sure look like a carp, jus seems a little light colored.

[fishin mission]

looks like a red horse sucker to me

[Mudpout]

The colors looks spot on for a redhorse, but that mouth and scales arent. suckers have Inferior type mouths, carp have Subterminal mouths. Redhorse x carp hybrid? I luv these threads that get me stratching my head!

[ooochdigital]

I don't remember what the dorsal fin looked like. All i know is that the pond was shallow probably only 1 or 2 feet deep and these things were jumping like crazy. It does look like a carp/sucker hybrid to me. I am wondering how they got in there because it just looks like a storm pond created by the city.

[Mudpout]

If it was one big dorsal that extends all the way back to near the caudal fin i'm goin with a light colored carp. You would remember if the dorsal had like a 4-6inch quill off of it?

[Super]

Looks like a carp,
Whole bunch jumping all over.
Sounds like Asian Carp.
Where abouts in Ontario was this?
Super

[bardern]

would it be a Koi?

[ooochdigital]

It was in Markham, Ontario. Major intersection 9th Line and 16th Avenue.
I looked at pictures of red horse's and the mouth on this fish seems alot different. I guess I could go back and take more pictures. They were very easy to catch.

[Mudpout]

definatly not a sucker, koi or asian carp. The mouth and scale size is all euro carp. Once you get another, try this site out.

http://www.wiscfish.org/fishid/frames.aspx


can filter by different characteristics. Wish i'd have found it before BA's white bass picture.

[Eli]

It's a carp X goldfish hybrid 100%. The ponds around that area are full of them.

[Canmoore]

I am going to have to say it is a Common Carp.

[ooochdigital]

It has "pouty" lips which I find are like a sucker. They were pretty decent in size. One of them snapped my 6 lb test line.

[joco]

here a great link to bait fish

you will see a load off deferent carp suckers etc in there.


http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/regions/centra ... 34-eng.htm


look a bit lie the river redhorse ..wen you look the colors in the fins etc.


joco