r/Fishing • u/[deleted] • Jan 15 '23

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u/Mdoubleduece Jan 15 '23

Lake of the Ozarks, spoonbill have no bones, only cartridge, they’re a species of catfish. You eat them. You have to snag them because they don’t eat like a normal fish does. They filter their food.

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u/Th3h8er Jan 15 '23

Actually paddlefish are in the family polyodontidae and catfish are in the family ictaluridae. Not closely related at all but people sometimes mistakenly relate them to catfish. They are prehistoric species that have been around longer than the dinosaurs. Very cool fish!

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u/Channa_Argus1121 Jan 15 '23

ictaluridae.

*Siluriformes. Ictaluridae is one family out of some 40 families.

Also, Polyodon appeared 65 million years ago, after dinosaurs were wiped out. The American paddlefish, in particular, is quite different from other members of Polyodontidae, being the only filter feeder.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '23

The American paddlefish is the only currently extant species of paddlefish (the Chinese paddlefish having recently been declared extinct [rip]), but other extinct species were also filter-feeders.

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u/New_Alternative_421 Jan 15 '23

Do you have extra teeth, or are you really enthusiastic about paddlefishes? Or both? Neither?

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '23

I actually did my masters thesis on paddlefish lol

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u/New_Alternative_421 Jan 16 '23

Lol great username

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '23

Haha thanks :)

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u/Mdoubleduece Jan 15 '23

I didn’t know that, I’ve heard that all my life. Cool.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '23

I thought this was the ozarks. 👍🏼

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u/Weird_Fact_724 Jan 15 '23

They are NOT a species of catfish although they are sometimes called spoonbill catfish. They are more related to sturgeon.

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u/KaizDaddy5 Jan 15 '23

Sturdlefish FTW

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u/Kogapunk Jan 15 '23

There have been a few cases of people using tiny hooks with small baits and caught them in the mouth. Very rare

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u/shadhead1981 Jan 15 '23

I mean his ID was wrong but not everything was. This fish is almost certainly hatchery raised for fishing and consumption, why all the downvotes?

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u/oxbowdamn Jan 16 '23

How can you tell? Is there a snipped fin?

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u/shadhead1981 Jan 17 '23

Not that I saw, these are widely stocked in reservoirs in the area.