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10-15-2005, 03:42 PM
I was taking pictures of the pelicans under the freeway at the spaghetti bowl and found this on the sidewalk. I had often wondered what they found to eat there. I assume that this is it. Can anyone identify what kind of fish it is.
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10-15-2005, 03:52 PM
Dude, you sure have an interesting way to spend your spare time. That fish looks like something that you would see in an aquarium, how long was it? WH2
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10-15-2005, 05:20 PM
I HAVE SEEN THEM PELICANS DIPPING FOR FISH AND WONDERD WHAT THEY WERE FEADING ON IN THERE ALSO. DOES LOOK LIKE AQUARIUM FISH SOME KIND OF AFRICAN OR SOUTH AMERICAN CICLID.
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10-15-2005, 05:40 PM
The big question should be, did it taste good?[
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10-15-2005, 05:48 PM
I'm sorry I didn't taste it. But, the pelicans seem to like something there. It was about 2-3 inches long.
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10-15-2005, 05:50 PM
Do you think it could be a white bass ? I really have no idea with it .
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10-15-2005, 08:53 PM
You're funning right? Does this look familiar? ---- TILAPIA -----
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10-16-2005, 03:54 AM
Guys, I'm almost certain it's a hellufino.
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10-16-2005, 04:19 AM
Tilapia would not be able to survive our winters. Here is a quote from a webiste with info.
[left][font "Arial"]Tilapia have a good growth rate. A 2 to 4 ounce tilapia fingerling can reach 3/4 pound. by the end of a temperate growing season. Tilapia performance is best in a temperature range of 72-90ºF. Growth and feeding slow when water temperatures drop below 70ºF. [/font][/left] [left][font "Arial"]However, tilapia are cold intolerant and die when water temperatures are lower than 45-55ºF. Blue tilapia will survive in lower water temperatures (above 45ºF) than most other species of tilapia. [/font][/left] [left][font "Arial"][/font] [/left] [left][font "Arial"]Most likley not a tilapia but possible I guess. [/font][/left] [left][font "Arial"][/font] [/left] [left][font "Arial"]Here is my source. [url "http://www.ksuaquaculture.org/fish.tilapia.htm"]http://www.ksuaquaculture.org/fish.tilapia.htm[/url][/font][/left] [signature]
10-16-2005, 04:51 AM
At first glance I thought talapia for sure.... if it isn't I have no idea.
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10-16-2005, 08:15 AM
I don't know about their biology, but it looks just like the dried tilapea I've seen in China Town in San Fran'. Perhaps the concrete (heat sink) and other factors moderate the temperature so they can survive. Or maybe they were just tossed in there this year.
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10-16-2005, 03:22 PM
The pelicans have been feeding there for at least 2 years.
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10-16-2005, 03:25 PM
penny,
Ah-ha, your right about temp., etc. but mistaken about them not being in Utah. My fishing partner and I have each caught one in Ut., and up in the our northern region. We are both struggling to figure out how to catch more. They are great eating., yum. All you need is a warm spring fed pond/lake!!!!! Don't know how they get there unless some home grown fish biologist planted em. Don't ask where we caught ours - big secret, heh, heh.[ ] We all have our little secrets, right? Leaky
10-16-2005, 11:39 PM
I didn't think about a warm spring. The temp thing just jogged my memory cause I read someplace where they use them to help keep comercial catfish ponds clean. After the warm weather season is over they just let the tilapia die off and the cat fish eat them.
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10-18-2005, 04:44 AM
Geezer.
I think Your right!, Cause Thats exactly what I see too! [signature]
10-18-2005, 12:55 PM
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10-18-2005, 01:53 PM
[cool][#0000ff]I'm wit choo Don. Because the "remains" are so messed up...dry, tail missing, etc....it is difficult to tell. But, all of the visible and distinguishable characteristics point to white bass.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff] [#0000ff]Also, the water is from the Jordan river. Likely to be several denizens of the Jordan in there, but whites multiply fast if there is no serious predation...other than pelicans.[/#0000ff] [#0000ff][/#0000ff] [#0000ff]That water gets an ice cap sometimes, so there is no way it would be tilapia. They go belly up below 55 degrees. The shape is all wrong too. I guess white bass all the way.[/#0000ff] [signature]
10-18-2005, 11:30 PM
Tube,
You may be exactly right. My problem, and what led me to Tilapia was the continuous dorsal fin along the entire back. [crazy] I know that the whities have two sets up there but it just looked more like a continued dorsal. Those Talapia have a lot of variatons and not all have vertical stripes and thought maybe the horizontal stripes might fit. Also, there are some warm springs uder I 15 north of SLC. Any way, it's been fun.[ ] Leaky
10-19-2005, 01:55 AM
[font "Impact"][#ff4040][size 3]My vote is a fish of some sorts.[
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