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Fish jaw or pectoral spines

Habitat:

Found along beaver lake.

Notes:

Unknown species but they are fish according to the Museum of Osteology.

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6 Comments

JoeyKeasler
JoeyKeasler 9 years ago

The top one is a dorsal fin from a catfish, but the bootom bone is a snake mandible, likely a common watersnake.

Identification is always fun to figure out.

AshleyT
AshleyT 9 years ago

These are indeed pectoral spines of catfish. If you Google jaw bones vs pectoral spines, there are many noticeable differences :)

FinneyCatfisher
FinneyCatfisher 9 years ago

Oh, my mistake :p

Thanks for the comment. I actually sent pictures to the museum of osteology and the said the were fish jaw bones.

FinneyCatfisher
FinneyCatfisher 9 years ago

These are actually the pectoral spines of a catfish. I'm not sure exactly what kind, but they are most likely from a channel catfish.

Rogers, Arkansas, USA

Spotted on Oct 26, 2014
Submitted on Oct 26, 2014

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