flathead catfish

Pylodictis olivaris

Description:

fish carcass, about 2' long

Habitat:

Lake Michigan, found on the Eastern shore

1 Species ID Suggestions

jbstrange2202 10 years ago

Flathead Catfish

Pylodictus olivaris

7 Comments

AnnaWhipkey 10 years ago

thanks for the ID jbstrange!

jbstrange2202 10 years ago

That's a flathead catfish. Look at the caudal fin- its not forked at all, an indicative sign of a flathead

AnnaWhipkey 11 years ago

Thanks for the confirmation IanLine, I'm going to go with channel catfish. The Michigan DNR lists them as being in the lake. I have quite a few spottings with dead animals or animal remains and haven't had any problems on PN.

IanLine 11 years ago

Yeah a dead catfish... I'm surprised the mods haven't asked you to take this down... They harass me to take down pictures of dead animals. I say they can screw off. Spotting them dead is just as important as alive when it comes to data collection.

AnnaWhipkey 11 years ago

ok Emily, I'll add my other dead fish too

EmilyMarino 11 years ago

Looks like a large fish! Please consider adding this to the "Identifying Animals Through Osteology" Mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8475...