Can anyone identify this weird fish?
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Laughing Gas
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Can anyone identify this weird fish?
My daughter took this picture yesterday at a place called Cecret Lake near Salt Lake City, Utah. (AKA: Secret Lake)
http://community.webshots.com/myphot...ecurity=dsKVqK
I can't tell if it has gills or what. Can anyone who knows more about fish tell me what it is?
I cropped and enhanced the above picture. Here is her original shot of it:http://community.webshots.com/photo/...58881813Iebczp
http://community.webshots.com/myphot...ecurity=dsKVqK
I can't tell if it has gills or what. Can anyone who knows more about fish tell me what it is?
I cropped and enhanced the above picture. Here is her original shot of it:http://community.webshots.com/photo/...58881813Iebczp
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It's not a fish, it's a salamander or newt. An amphibious lizard. I recall seeing pics of that species with the neck fringe before, but I don't know the name of it.
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Originally Posted by TigerDan
It's not a fish, it's a salamander or newt. An amphibious lizard. I recall seeing pics of that species with the neck fringe before, but I don't know the name of it.
But is this thing still in its morphing stage? Because I thought they have legs. I had no idea these can live in high elevation cold water lakes. And it sure looks awful big for a salamander. Maybe it's an eryops. This area has some distinction as dinosaur country.
Thanks!
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Sure looks to me like it has hind legs in the pics. You probably can't see the front legs under the neck frills. Check this out:
http://wfscnet.tamu.edu/tcwc/herps/A...RVAE)Fcopy.jpg
http://www.lakeeureka.eureka.lib.il..../tigersal.html
http://wfscnet.tamu.edu/tcwc/herps/A...RVAE)Fcopy.jpg
http://www.lakeeureka.eureka.lib.il..../tigersal.html
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I grew up in south west Ohio. We'd catch those occasionally down at the creek. We called them mud puppies. At least that's what it looks like to me best I can remember.
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Originally Posted by scole250
I grew up in south west Ohio. We'd catch those occasionally down at the creek. We called them mud puppies. At least that's what it looks like to me best I can remember.
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Yup, mud puppy...I'd forgotten that name. Just another name for a type of salamander.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0834325.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0834325.html
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