Can you ID this Ocean City fish?

[Chris-]

Picked this fish thing up in a net when I was scooping in the weeds for gold. Dont think it is as valuable as gold but I have no idea what it is either.

 

Any ideas?

 

 

 

Paul, where are you you old salty dog? I bet you would win the cookie on this one!

[ctenophore]

Bait?

[L8 2 RISE]

Bait?

 

haha, +1!

[Jan]

Sardine? Mackerel? Some oily fishey

Picked this fish thing up in a net when I was scooping in the weeds for gold. Dont think it is as valuable as gold but I have no idea what it is either.

 

Any ideas?

 

 

 

Paul, where are you you old salty dog? I bet you would win the cookie on this one!

[jason the filter freak]

Was hoping it was going to be a nice beach bunny macro

[lowsingle]

Bait?

 

Made me laugh!

[Chris-]

Bait!? Man, u suck! ha ha ha ha

 

Well, just wanted to make sure whatever it is I could toss it in the DT and it would not eat me fishies. Then again, it looks like it has a small mouth. When it tries to eat scallops, it looks like it is sucking it into its mouth with a straw, no big gulps like my anthias.

[Chris-]

Oh, and it is probably the size of (length wise) my yellow goby, not as big around. Also, in 6 weeks, it has not really grown, so, maybe not a fry? I dunno!?

[davelin315]

Looks like a stickleback to me, but I don't know if those are indigenous to Ocean City or not. I do know that they can be brackish and that they have no scales but have bony plates beneath the skin instead. They are also related to sea horses and pipefish.

[zygote2k]

It would be pretty funny if it ate all of your fish.

[Chris-]

Uhm..... not really. Finally got the fish selection I wanted in there after 2 years, living and all getting along together. Even got the Anthias to eat flake!

 

Yes, actually it could be a brackish fish. Got him from asseteage island boat ramp, but, not sure how brackish that water really is since the ocean is right on the other side of the mound.

[gmubeach]

You probably shouldn't put wild north american fish in a tank with tropical reef fish...