Chicken Coop 1/2/11

[Jedi Lure Tricks]

thanks man. yeah those markings are weird.. i'm not sure what causes that. i've caught 3 just like that in the past 2 trips. they have it on the underside too, from the bottom of the mouth down to the pectoral fins.

[cabwiz2]

Originally Posted by Jedi Lure Tricks

thanks man. yeah those markings are weird.. i'm not sure what causes that. i've caught 3 just like that in the past 2 trips. they have it on the underside too, from the bottom of the mouth down to the pectoral fins.

Those are my fish. I marked them last time I was there. Next time you catch one please let it go. lol That is what I was told by a guide that was fishihing by me one day.I catch them all the time there and always wondered about it. The guide couldn't tell me why they had them either.

[Jedi Lure Tricks]

Originally Posted by cabwiz2

Those are my fish. I marked them last time I was there. Next time you catch one please let it go. lol That is what I was told by a guide that was fishihing by me one day.I catch them all the time there and always wondered about it. The guide couldn't tell me why they had them either.

LOL! that's funny. i knew there had to be other people catchin them too.
i wonder if its a local strain of perch specific to a certain area of the lake. i think this may be the case because i've noticed this defference in african cichlids. i keep cynotilapia afras from the chimate north region of lake malawi. they look so similar to their cousins, sometimes it's hard to tell them apart. here's an example..
the first fish is a cynotilapia afra from the Jalo reef region of lake malawi. the second pic is also of a cynotilapia afra but from the Mara Point north region of lake malawi. the only difference is a thin, horizontal black strip on the dorsal fin. they live in the same lake, they're the same species, yet they are classified differently because of a small black stripe.