Easy One For An Expert- Hardhead or Gaftopsal?

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Easy One For An Expert- Hardhead or Gaftopsal?

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I can't decide which species this 12" fish caught and released in Florida Bay is. Hardhead or Gaftopsal?
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Re: Easy One For An Expert- Hardhead or Gaftopsal?

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Gafftopsail
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Re: Easy One For An Expert- Hardhead or Gaftopsal?

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Bagre marinus
aka Gafftopsail for sure.

Do you have a pic of the hardhead? I catch them a lot and keep forgetting to photograph them and still don't know what scientifically this catfish is.
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Viktor Jarikov wrote:still don't know what scientifically this catfish is.
Hardhead=
Ariopsis felis
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Re: Easy One For An Expert- Hardhead or Gaftopsal?

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Thanks much, HH! So good to know what they are and be able to tell others - people, mostly tourists ask all the time what they are, how big they grow, etc.
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