Utah fish with fangs

[Rusted]

What is this thing?

http://www.nbc11.com/slideshow/news/15780864/detail.html

 

[Meat_]

It's a PikeCarp

 

[Milner]

According to fox13 news the other night, it is likely nothing more than a regular everyday native species to Utah. Just looks funky because it has dried up and it's gums pulled back from it's teeth, making them look bigger. Oh and it had been driven over a couple times....

 

[Dominic]

Utah like hello, its a mutant!

 

[SAMI]

Channel 2 reported the wildlife ranger dude ruling out most native fish except for some type of trout... and that it got frozen in ice, and basically compacted over the winter, then dried up on a bank in the sun.. He's taking it to professors at the U shortly, and is confident that they will agree.

It's clearly an alien, i mean wtf are people trying to down play this for? All the assumptions of it being a messed up native fish is only gonna bite the human race in the ass when millions of these hideous creatures drop from their mother ships and eat our brains... trout my eye..

-Jason

 

[Spork]

Aquatic Chupacabra

 

[SAMI]

Aquatic Chupacabra

good one...

Loco culo exóticas de peces

 

[RockMonkey]

Where's Floppy? I'm pretty sure he's the only one on the forum qualified to have an opinion on this.

 

[BroncoMama]

That is icky.

 

[Herzog]

Government cover up soon to follow.

 

[Ohms]

I wouldn't going peeing in that lake.

 

[muleskinner]

Walleye

 

[Rusted]

I could buy that it is a dried up Walley, they have similar teeth / fangs like that

 

[Cody]

I have so many jokes racing through my head right now I don't know which one to pick.

 

[Floppy Hat]

Where's Floppy? I'm pretty sure he's the only one on the forum qualified to have an opinion on this.

Has my greatness proceeded me?

Walleye

I really think you are right. Sometimes, we (biologists) can get a little worked up when we see something that doesn't immediately fit the identifying characteristics we are trained to look for. Combine that with the horror stories we hear of strange fish introductions from across the country (look up snakeheads) and it becomes easy to get worked up over something like this.

Apparently a dried up fish that has been frozen and reportedly run over a few times is enough to get us worked up...

Looking at a few diagnostic features (scale counts, intestine structure, etc.) will reveal its idenity. My understanding is after a few more "experts" concur the identity will be released. I've only seen the pictures, but my money is on it being a walleye.

Just keep in mind...Don't transport and release fish into other waters, it has the potential to really damage an ecosystem and a water body!

 

[Rusted]

Turns out it is a Lake Trout

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=3218047

 

[Tacoma]

suuuuure it is

I've never seen a fanged trout

 

[hambone]

its a cover up just like the weather balloon at rosewell