Gudgeon, Pike (Kamatsuka) fishingwithpole

Submitted by fishingwithpole on Mon, 03/19/2012 - 03:17
Photo: 

Species:

  • Gudgeon, Pike (Kamatsuka)
Location: 
Onga River, Fukuoka, Japan
Date Caught: 
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Notes: 
Pseudogobio esocinus. Caught on a chunk of earth worm by sight fishing in October 2011 using a part of my fishing pole. Although taxonomically distant, kamatsuka resembles northern hog sucker in appearance, habitat, and difficulty to catch. Is this a kind of convergent evolution?
Strains, Subspecies, and Hybrids: 

Comments

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MNbowfinangler

Mon, 03/19/2012 - 11:08

"Although taxonomically distant, kamatsuka resembles northern hogsucker in appearance, habitat, and difficulty to catch. Is this a kind of convergent evolution?"

It sure seems that way! I saw the thumbnail and had to look, because it does look very much like a northern hog sucker.

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Ken

Wed, 10/17/2012 - 22:29

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TheHugbot

Sat, 04/14/2012 - 01:17

looks just like a gudgeon! gobio gobio 

this isn't a very good example, most look identical to your fish.

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