At first, I thought that the second photo showd a pipefish, but those get to be only around 10-15 inches long. So I'm voting like several others here - it's a trumpet fish.
Prayers to your friend in Iceland—beautiful country. For the first fish, it looks like a smallmouth buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus). We used to catch them in Kansas when I was growing up.
Gordon
Loc: Charleston South Carolina
Rogeruk wrote:
Thanks all for your responses- much appreciated
You got everyone guessing.
Maybe a bluespotted cornetfish???
The first one is a smallmouth buffalo.
lorafa93 wrote:
Maybe a bluespotted cornetfish???
The first one is a smallmouth buffalo.
Think that sounds right on both counts lorifa93
Bryan in Alaska wrote:
Prayers to your friend in Iceland—beautiful country. For the first fish, it looks like a smallmouth buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus). We used to catch them in Kansas when I was growing up.
Yes- think you are right! 😀
Gordon wrote:
You got everyone guessing.
Gosh- what did I start 🤣
Everyone on here so helpful 😀
The fish your buddy caught is a trumpet fish. I believe. Hope he's doing well.
I confess that I sort of cheated. When I can’t identify a fish I snap a picture, or in this case a screenshot. Then I bring it up in google photos and there’s a symbol at the bottom of the screen that looks like a square with rounded corners and a dot in the middle. When you click on that symbol google will search for pictures that resemble your picture. I find that most times the first picture that it shows is the correct one.
I find myself using it often since I moved down to Florida three years ago. I lived up north in Pennsylvania and I had never seen or heard of most of the fish I started catching down here. I find it to be a very handy tool for IDing fish and other wildlife and things in general. So it’s not just for IDing fish.
Anytime. Hopefully others that see the post will share it with their friends. Pass it along.
Wahoo lat 18 wrote:
I think it is in the trumpet/cornet family a reef fish in Florida and the carribean
It's a Coronet fish. The first one is some sorta hybrid carp.
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