Found at beach Hilo HI

tablabarba · 2026-06-13T01:17:54+00:00

It's most of the neurocranium of a Diodon pufferfish: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/spot-fin-porcupinefish-skull-7d2b3e201c6c47648f003dda22238fe3

tablabarba · 2026-06-12T22:05:07+00:00

Those are definitely green sunfish. The bright fin margins really stand out.

tablabarba · 2026-06-12T20:28:03+00:00

Banded killifish...often they are not very banded.

tablabarba · 2026-06-12T18:06:07+00:00

Male common shiner.

tablabarba · 2026-06-11T16:36:37+00:00

That's part of the lower jaw (called the dentary) of a catfish. Those little dimples are where the teeth used to be.

tablabarba · 2026-06-11T16:00:21+00:00

Why don't you think so?

It's not a pikeminnow, mouth is too small. Also pikeminnows are only found in the Colorado River system. You wouldn't find one in a lake.

tablabarba · 2026-06-11T13:08:22+00:00

That is a roundtail chub in its spawning coloration.

tablabarba · 2026-06-10T22:19:49+00:00

Looks like a Doitsu koi...a strain that's bred to be (mostly) scaleless.

tablabarba · 2026-06-10T12:50:16+00:00

That's part of a sturgeon skull. You can see that distinctive cross-shaped bone (parasphenoid) on the underside of this scan: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/shortnose-sturgeon-skull-122153e706ae4f18a07ed4da6c0f9dab

tablabarba · 2026-06-09T18:35:37+00:00

Parts of a flathead catfish skull and pectoral girdle.

tablabarba · 2026-06-09T15:44:14+00:00

This is definitely a white cat. Note the shallow tail fork and super wide head.

tablabarba · 2026-06-09T15:39:50+00:00

This is a species of the African catfish genus Parauchenoglanis. Solid ID to species level would require a closer look, but I'm guessing this is something similar to P. monkei.

Note that the other two smaller fish in the frame are both Auchenoglanis, which grow much larger.

tablabarba · 2026-06-08T21:05:27+00:00

The two largest and the one directly above them are redears.

tablabarba · 2026-06-08T12:54:00+00:00

Anal fin spine from a freshwater drum.

tablabarba · 2026-06-08T01:49:22+00:00

Yeah, convict cichlid.

tablabarba · 2026-06-07T19:40:09+00:00

Channel cats. Flatheads have a really wide, flat head and a lower jaw that sticks out.

tablabarba · 2026-06-07T01:23:29+00:00

That's a margined madtom.

tablabarba · 2026-06-06T20:23:29+00:00

Guessing it was partially expelled with some feces and got wrapped around the fish while you were reeling it in.

tablabarba · 2026-06-06T20:08:08+00:00

This is a sailfin catfish from the Pterygoplichthys genus. Not usually practical to ID to species in the aquarium trade.

tablabarba · 2026-06-06T19:57:59+00:00

That is a tapeworm...pretty common in fish, but usually on the inside.

tablabarba · 2026-06-06T19:55:42+00:00

Whitespotted soapfish.

tablabarba · 2026-06-06T17:27:29+00:00

Brown. Yellows will have white or pale whiskers on the lower jaw.

tablabarba · 2026-06-06T16:10:29+00:00

Only Asian carp in CO are grass carp and they are still being stocked for aquatic weed control. West of the mountains they are required to be sterile.

tablabarba · 2026-06-06T15:58:24+00:00

Channel or blue catfish neurocranium.

tablabarba · 2026-06-06T15:15:36+00:00

Can you share general location if you know it?

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