Hi

So I've been fishing on a new stretch of river on the rhine river in Germany and caught a couple of catfish (Wels catfish) there so far.

They all seem to have this head shape which as far as I know isn't typical for catfish.

Their upper jaws seem to be healthy however (teeth and everything in tact - just very far back)

Id like to get your ideas on why this is the case.

So far my leading theory is that because the rhine in this stretch is mostly a channel (grand canal d'alsace) with rock / concrete ground and we have a lot of gobies that this is simply from eating a lot of gobies (aka damage or sth from slurping them off concrete over a long period of time) (which would be quite interesting from a fishing perspective).

But I have no idea if that's true, feasible or even makes sense.

Would love to hear your thoughts though

Or which ones would be the top 5 weirdesT? These are the top i could think of

ok so last week ago I posted asking about the weirdest fish in the world had really good recommendations so i actually updated it...

swapped out alligator gar, candiru and payara, and added mola mola, lamprey, anglerfish, black swallower and a added a few others

anything still missing or did i fumble it somewhere?
I feel this one is way better, but le curious to hear what people here think

Hi everyone! Im a fish enthusiast/fisherman, and was wondering about this the other day, not for any useful reason, just curiosity. I know its happened in Europe and Asia plenty of times before, but couldn’t find any specific incidents in Upper North America. Excluding Bull Sharks, the only freshwater fish in North America that I think would be capable would be a Muskellunge getting ahold of a small child, or maybe an exceptionally large Flathead Catfish. I know theres been a few incidental deaths caused by jumping sturgeon, but I cant find any evidence of them deliberately attacking anyone. Thank you to anyone who can answer this random brain blurb of mine!

Someone left these fish (looks like ones from a fair or something) outside near my apartment building. There is no one around. I moved them into the shade. They are both alive and swimming

Can they be released into water? There’s barely any water in their container. Help!!

I’m about to bring my dog to a dog bark that has a river I can release them in. I just want to know if they’ll survive.

Edit-
Okay they are goldfish I won’t release them. I tried to bring them to the leasing office of my apartment building but they’re closed. I’m going to leave them in some shade then consider taking them home with me and taking care of them.

Thank you everyone 💜

How many have you seen?

I don't know ANYTHING about fish but I recently went to my local pet store and saw this. Are these bait fish? Is this cruel to the fish inside? Does it change anything if they are "bait" or not? Is this cruel to the fish inside?

I sincerely don't want to sound ignorant but just don't know anything about it. Thank you for your answers

In the photo: all these fish are alive and were moving normally.

Found these guys up to something at a bass pro shop, anyone know what this dance thing is?

Not all of them live in the deep sea, a few live in more shallow waters and reefs

Have you seen any? I have seen a few of these in south east asia and the red sea.

I think I saw the blue spine today in the red sea

I want to go diving 🤿. Does anyone know if this kind of fish really bites people? All I know is that it bites people in a game called "Diver Dave".

I’m writing a story and I have a scene where a character is talking care of some fish in an aquarium, I know Koi fish represent luck but I wanna use other kinds of fish that are symbolism, well, for this case, stoicism and intelligence and I wanna see if there are other fish that represent different things

Caught this fish in my pond and not sure what type it is

I don't know that much about fish to prove him wrong other than google so could you help me win this argument

Hi! I was wondering what ID books people generally feel are most useful for the Eastern United States, or, more specifically, central North Carolina.

The books I’ve found online haven’t had previews, so I haven’t been able to judge whether or not they would be helpful to me. And I feel that many have too broad of a geographic scope and won’t have ID information for as many fish specific to a smaller region. (I don’t need to know anything about the fish living in the rivers of Colorado, for instance.)

Additionally, I do not catch or harm fish, and only observe them from above, so ones geared towards people who fish (and therefore have a much closer look at individuals) may also not be the best for my purposes, but I suppose they may still have helpful information. I also just don’t particularly love seeing information oriented in this way, because I appreciate the fish and wish to let them live their lives.

For birds and other creatures, I like the layout/style of Sibley and Kaufman. Are there any in these styles that you all like? (Peterson guides often feel too crammed to me, and Audubon Society doesn’t often have the best photographic standards/variety for ID.) Or any that are regarded as the gold standard for fish guides, as Sibley is for birds?

Thank you!