r/whatisthisfish

I got him 8 years ago from a pet store and when I’ve been there more recently they no longer had his kind of fish for sale. Google image search hasn’t been helpful in finding this out so I’ve been curious if anyone in here can help me!

Hi everyone, we caught this guy on the bottom in about 1400' of water this morning, about 100nm east of Corpus Christi, TX in the Gulf. Any ideas?

This guy was labeled as pseudochromis diadema on the bag he came in. The tag says skunkback basslet (which i believe is a common name for p. diadema). I don't think he what he's labeled as. I do think he is a pseudochromis, though. Most similar guesses are p. stellatus, p. bitaeniatus, and p. steenei.

Sorry, this is the best photo I could get without him hiding.

Educate me if I'm wrong, please!

My friend said he caught these two fish in a pond but didn’t know what they are. They’re about 1.5 inches long. According to Google, they might be either juvenile Bluegill or Crappies, but I just wanted an opinion that wasn’t AI :)

I got this fish at the fair and I’m wondering what it is. It doesn’t have barbels like a koi but it doesn’t really look like a goldfish

Caught this in a small pond in central VA. I have never caught a sunfish that looks quite like this one and was wondering what species it was. The lighting in the photo was kind of bad, but the blue scales were extremely iridescent and almost had a purple glow.

Hi everyone! I filmed this near the rocky coast of Los Dos Hermanos in northern Tenerife in mid-August around 7h30pm.
At first I thought it might be a big fish, a dolphin, or even a shark but the movement in the rough surf is quite puzzling. Any biologists, researchers, or experts who could help? Any ideas what creature this could be? 

¡Hola a todos! Grabé esto cerca de la costa rocosa de Los Dos Hermanos, en el norte de Tenerife, a mediados de agosto sobre las 19:30. Al principio pensé que podría ser un pez grande, un delfín o incluso un tiburón, pero el movimiento en el fuerte oleaje resulta bastante desconcertante. ¿Algún biólogo, investigador o experto que pueda ayudar?
¿Alguna idea de qué criatura podría ser?

I've heard people reference this fish so many ways. I just call them white bass most of the time.

Caught this fishing at San Luis Pass along the gulf near Galveston, TX. Possibly in one of the bays, I’m directionally challenged and it was my first time out there.

My boyfriend and his dad were thinking black drum? It was very iridescent and shimmery. Definitely smaller side.

This is in a pomd in Arlington VA. Pretty large 14-18"

Caught off a dock on a brackish creek off New Jersey Great Bay

I thought they were Greengill but was advised that some of them may be Pumpkinseed x Green Sunfish instead. Do I have some of each? Seven different fish are included here with each photo being of a different individual. Fish #5 and #7 are the most notable to me.

Normally just catch bass and sunfish out of here so this was a very pretty surprise! Just wondering what he/she is!

Found this little guy half dead in the shallows, anyone know what did them in?

We bought these as red phantom tetras, but we're starting to think they may be serpae tetras. Can anyone help identify them please? Thank you !