Weird Looking Fish Out Of Rice Lake

[Blue_Axela]

My neighbour caught this out of Rice Lake this past weekend. I have never seen a fish like this ever...she gave it to me to take pictures and contact the MNR if neccessary. It was caught with a worm.

 

Is this just a case of someone dumping their pet fish into the lake? Or is it an invasive species?

 

Here are some pics of it.

 

 

One thing is for sure...it is ugly and has teeth...

 

 

[Blue_Axela]

 

[keram]

piranha

[northamfishing]

looks like a pirahna to me.

[danbo]

Piranha!

[danc]

Yup. It's a Piranha.

[hammercarp]

Whoa. That's serrasalmus nattereri . The red bellied piranha. I hope you are just fooling around. If you aren't, there is a major league idiot out there. I mean the one that released it into the lake.

Edited September 3, 2008 by hammercarp

[Blue_Axela]

Someone educate me. Are Piranhas salt or fresh water fish? I thought they were salt water fish found in the Amazon...lol.

[Blue_Axela]

Whoa. That's serasalmus natteri . The red bellied piranha. I hope you are just fooling around. If you aren't, there is a major league idiot out there. I mean the one that released it into the lake.

 

 

I am not fooling around. This was fished out of Rice Lake this past weekend. I have it frozen at the cottage.

[MCTFisher9120]

o my god if those things start breeding a HUGE mess will emerge. Not good, glad u caught it. Released?Killed?

Edited September 2, 2008 by Mike The Bass Fisher

[danbo]

[Musky or Specks]

Fresh Water. They seem to get released into ponds and lakes every year but they are tropical and they cant survive our winters. The biggest risk as with all aquarium fish is disease

[hammercarp]

M or S is right. It still is a really twisted thing to do. I have read that they taste good though.

[Grimace]

Yep. It would die in the winter. Some brain-dead threw it into the lake. Hopefully they will eat all the goldfish that have been thrown into the lake before winter lol

[Sandbag]

Pretty good sized one at that. I can't believe someone would release anything like that into one of our water bodies.

 

I hope Musky or Specks is right with not being able to survive the winter.

 

Cheers

 

Craig

[Blue_Axela]

M or S is right. It still is a really twisted thing to do. I have read that they taste good though.

 

 

Not about to try. But whoever wants it and is willing to drive to lake to get it, its frozen in my freezer and ready.

[Burtess]

Red Bellied Pacu - Colossoma macropomum

[modny]

its clearly a sunfish

[purekgw]

thats where fishy went lol

[keram]

Red Bellied Pacu - Colossoma macropomum

The dental work does not match

[Greencoachdog]

This may help:

 

http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=427

[oncogene]

Someone educate me. Are Piranhas salt or fresh water fish? I thought they were salt water fish found in the Amazon...lol.

 

Piranhas are freshwater fish. You are right about the part that they'r from Amazon... except Amazon is a freshwater body, not saltwater

 

Fresh Water. They seem to get released into ponds and lakes every year but they are tropical and they cant survive our winters. The biggest risk as with all aquarium fish is disease

 

Most likely they wont' survive. BUT there's always exception. I've read reports of tropical fish (mostly small ones like tetras etc) that managed to survive as small colonies in warmer water of cold geographic regions.... say warm water exhaust from power plants or what not.

[Joey]

Well, since there's global warming, it should be fine

 

Joey

[hogman3006]

I would report it to the MNR and see what they have to say.

Edited September 3, 2008 by hogman3006

[keram]

Well, since there's global warming, it should be fine

 

Joey

 

But this one has already experienced " local cooling" . it is in the freezer