What is this.
South Carolina Fishing
Mar 6, 2024 10:08:30 #
Saw this and have no idea what it is. Looks like a dolphin. Any idea??
Mar 6, 2024 10:50:59 #
Gordon wrote:
Saw this and have no idea what it is. Looks like a dolphin. Any idea??
Reminds me of a seal of some kind…
Mar 6, 2024 11:04:46 #
Gordon wrote:
Saw this and have no idea what it is. Looks like a dolphin. Any idea??
Looks like a dolphin to me based on the snout and blowhole.
Mar 6, 2024 11:25:51 #
Papa D wrote:
Looks like a dolphin to me based on the snout and blowhole.
Missing the dorsal fin
Mar 6, 2024 11:28:55 #
Mar 6, 2024 13:12:07 #
Papa D wrote:
Not all dolphins have dorsal fins (eg right whale dolphins).
Thanks D. Just learned something new.
Mar 6, 2024 14:13:16 #
Don't know, Gordon, but riding this thread to see what people say.
Mar 6, 2024 15:27:39 #
Mar 6, 2024 16:59:00 #
saw1 wrote:
No dorsal AND it looks more like front fins than flippers. 
Steve -
Check out the freeze-frame below.
From the top, it looks like a flipper (no visible spines) but it's the wrong shape (maybe splayed out because it's crawling?).
Also, it sure looks like it has a blowhole.
The head looks similar to the Northern Right Whale Dolphin. The only picture I could find of a calf is below. Note the absence of dorsal.
It would be interesting to know where it was spotted. Based on the background voices, I'd guess Scandinavia/Baltic region.
Truly puzzling.
Mar 6, 2024 17:55:09 #
Jer
Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸
Gordon wrote:
Saw this and have no idea what it is. Looks like a dolphin. Any idea??
No clue, Gordon, but I am following to see some answers.
Mar 6, 2024 18:04:01 #
In that closeup it looks more like an eye, andbits in the side of the head not the top. I've seen eels feed like that in captivity, so my guess is that it us some sort of eel.
Mar 6, 2024 18:25:39 #
Mar 6, 2024 18:39:59 #
Flytier wrote:
In that closeup it looks more like an eye, andbits in the side of the head not the top. I've seen eels feed like that in captivity, so my guess is that it us some sort of eel.
I think you nailed it.
Mar 6, 2024 19:00:28 #
Okay, I found the YT video. It's some sort of catfish.
https://youtu.be/RGw5vdMpWuk?si=Hzm3Rii_wC8PlXrl
https://youtu.be/RGw5vdMpWuk?si=Hzm3Rii_wC8PlXrl
Mar 6, 2024 19:06:02 #
Gordon wrote:
Saw this and have no idea what it is. Looks like a dolphin. Any idea??
I don't think it's a dolphin because it doesn't have a top fin. I don't know what it is.
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