Strange Creature in Lake Ouachita, AR

[archman]

This is the freshwater drum.

http://www.fishbase.com/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3577

Aha, I found a picture.

http://ltc.smm.org/buzz/museum/obje...th_from_freshwater_drum_aplodinotus_grunniens

 

[wreckchick]

Nice detective work

R

 

[TheRedHead]

Archman is awesome. When I first saw it, I thought of a giant African cichlid, but not in Arkansas.

 

[texdiveguy]

This is the freshwater drum.

http://www.fishbase.com/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3577

Aha, I found a picture.

http://ltc.smm.org/buzz/museum/obje...th_from_freshwater_drum_aplodinotus_grunniens

Nice job!! I am surprized that the F&G folks at the lake the poster showed this jaw to did not regonize it as a drum fish.

 

[ScubaCatgirl]

You sayin' I'm a smartypants? :28:

Well sometimes. :lol:

I've found fossils around the Mississippi River and have taken them to the university for ID. They're very helpful. Just call the anthropology department at the local university.

hehehe, Just givin ya crap, lol :lol: But it's true from what I've seen so far. Your a very smart lady

Tada! Mystery solved. Good work Archman

 

[chuck41]

I have a lower jaw from a black drum that looks almost exactly like that. I expect that the jaw of a freshwater drum would look similar. Does that species occur in your area?

Many thanks. Yes, we have lots of freshwater drum. You can frequently hear them when diving in the lake. They sound like underwater bullfrogs. I have caught and shot a number of them over the years, but never knew they had a mouthfull of teeth like this. I am suprised that so many locals, including fish and game folks, did not know what this was. http://ltc.smm.org/buzz/museum/obje...th_from_freshwater_drum_aplodinotus_grunniens