Pan Size fish to ID

bluebill · Post by **bluebill** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:29 pm

These two fih were taken today in Cape Coral. The silvery fish appears to be a Moharra and was from the salwater side of a canal wier. The dark blue fish was taken in a nearby freshwater canal. It has the shape of a Mayan Cichlid but is so dark blue. But you can see a red ring near the tail. There were many nornal colored Mayans where I caught this one.

Any ID opinions?

Rooster · Post by **Rooster** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:39 pm

That second fish is an oscar.

bluebill · Post by **bluebill** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:38 am

rooster - you may be right that the dark blue fish is a color variation of the Oscar - the oval mark on the tail looks like the photos I have of Oscars

BearsFan · Post by **BearsFan** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:19 pm

The top one is a Striper.

Todd · Post by **Todd** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:05 pm

Top one is a Mojara.

http://research.myfwc.com/gallery/image ... p?id=13415

bluebill · Post by **bluebill** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:02 pm

OK - consensus is a Mojarra for the top picture. A mom and pop team were catching these with angle worm and bobber. I just took the picture. They were going to eat them.

Some google research gave a possibility for the blue oxcar? that some tropical aquarium folks are creating blue oscars by injecting the young fish with ink.

Paddle-Fishing.com

Pan Size fish to ID

Pan Size fish to ID

Bluish Oscar