A quick check of Van Wagner's Beach during our recent run of east winds yielded - what I thought was - my new favourite fish species (family!) a Redhorse!!
Check it out!
Hindsight is 20/20 - and I think I should also have photographed the pelvic fin??? But this is all we get!
Then, based on my barely-intensive internet searching - I'm started to wonder why this isn't just a White Sucker or some other sucker species...
Which leads me to one question... Are there any good Fish ID resources for Ontario?? Any good books I should pick up in my new-found-quest for fish? I'm somewhat surprised at how difficult it was to find a basic "What fish are found in Lake Ontario" checklist online... Perhaps they're all swamped out by sport fishermen looking for trout...
I also want to point out - that my "blogs I read" list vanished... What the heck!
ReplyDeleteBrandon, there was a recently published book written by a University of Windsor Biologist. It is a little more focused on Lake St Clair and Lake Erie, but it might still be a good reference. See this link: http://www.fishesofessexcounty.com/ -DM
ReplyDeleteBrandon,
ReplyDeleteThe best reference book that I've come across is the The Freshwater Fishes of Canada by Scott & Crossman. It's quite comprehensive. I have a copy of the 1979 second edition but evidently the 1998 reprint contains additional supplemental information.
Fishes of Toronto
ReplyDeletehttps://www1.toronto.ca/City%20Of%20Toronto/Toronto%20Water/Files/pdf/F/Fishes%20of%20TO_PRINT_Feb23[1].pdf
was published a few years ago and covers the fish in the Lake and the major rivers in Toronto.
You might want to try the ROM guide to the fish
https://www.rom.on.ca/en/node/6613
from your library and see what you think.
Thanks everyone! I have some shopping to do... Hopefully I find some more fish to photograph as well.. :)
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