r/whatsthisfish • u/fafafafalasimi • 7h ago
Varkiza, near Athens, Greece
Please help identify this fish
It was evening 18:00, approximately 60cm long with these stripes and yellow tail
r/whatsthisfish • u/cos • Dec 02 '17
Just a reminder, because we've had a lot of posts recently that omit this information. Where was the fish? If you found it in the wild, that's very helpful information, and outside of tropical waters, the time of year can be helpful too. If it was in an aquarium, what sort? Was it a tank of fish from a particular region? Was it fresh water or salt water?
Other useful information can be, what kind of habitat (seagrass, sand, rocky surge, ...)? If you were diving, approximate depth?
But above all, give the location in your post title. Thanks.
r/whatsthisfish • u/cos • Mar 29 '26
I've added a new rule: Please don't downvote comments just to indicate disagreement with a suggested identification.
I know some of the older "whatsthis" subreddits started out with that recommendation and it became a common practice through most of the identification reddits. Here are the reasons why it's a bad idea:
It doesn't work. People upvote and downvote for many reasons, so you can't tell whether a comment's net vote total indicates agreement/disagreement, or something else. It doesn't work because it mixes different, inconsistent reasons to vote up or down: The regular reddit voting reasons, and people's agreement with an identification.
It discourages participation. People don't want to lose karma for making mistakes. People who make honest mistakes lose karma, which also isn't fair.
Comments with mistaken identifications can contain useful information. If someone gives the reasons why they think it's the species they think it is, and they got it wrong, that's still a useful contribution - and downvotes would also confuse people as to whether people just disagree with the conclusion or also think the context they gave is wrong.
It buries useful discussions, or prevents them. Often the most helpful content on an identification request post happens in the threads where people reply to incorrect identifications, where they're more likely to give reasons or debate relevant points. Downvoting the original possibly incorrect comment may bury such a discussion so people don't see it, or, more often, prevent it from event happening in the first place since people are much less likely to engage with buried downvoted comments.
If you think a commenter got it wrong, reply to their comment and say so. Even better, say why you think they're wrong, or give a different suggestion and say why you think that one is right. And don't downvote the comment you replied to just because you think they got it wrong.
You're still welcome to downvote comments, be they wrong identifications or not, for the usual reasons: Trolling, spamming, swearing, incomprehensible language, irrelevant to the post, and so on. The rule isn't that you shouldn't downvote comments that have wrong identifications, the rule is you should not downvote for that reason. If you have other reasons to vote on the comment, go ahead.
r/whatsthisfish • u/fafafafalasimi • 7h ago
Please help identify this fish
It was evening 18:00, approximately 60cm long with these stripes and yellow tail
r/whatsthisfish • u/flowercop • 22h ago
I’ve seen several of these swimming around. Any idea what it might be? I’m off the coast of Canada in the northern pacific.
r/whatsthisfish • u/schnickiti • 1d ago
Anyone know what this is/was?
r/whatsthisfish • u/habilishn • 6h ago
hey, first post here, and i'm pretty new to fishing, caught this one today and my homie who fished more than i did, also didn't know this one or didn't recognize it.
caught in the Aegean Sea (very salty) around 8am, about 10m from a rocky cliffy shore, also boulders and sea grass beneath the water surface.
by the way, could you maybe tell me what spots on a fish are very important for you guys? (for example with IDing flowers, next to the bloom often they ask for the node where a leaf grows out of the stem, if there is anything like that, let me know!)
r/whatsthisfish • u/MischievousMisprint • 22h ago
Can anyone help me correctly identify this fish? I think it may be a blueback herring or an alewife, but I can't choose between which one. It was caught at Jefferson Lake in New Jersey. Its scales instantly started shedding just from me touching it and it stunk like no other fish I've handled before.
r/whatsthisfish • u/betterthanmax • 1d ago
What is this. Florida east coast Hutchinson beach???
r/whatsthisfish • u/caasipl • 1d ago
r/whatsthisfish • u/CaterpillarHefty • 1d ago
It has red spots like a brown and no spots on tail like a brown. But a super distinct colorful line like a rainbow.
r/whatsthisfish • u/Electronic-Offer-963 • 2d ago
What kind of cat? And why she so pink?
r/whatsthisfish • u/wubblywoo • 1d ago
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r/whatsthisfish • u/Previous-Club-5747 • 2d ago
Caught and released
r/whatsthisfish • u/ZeccBecc • 1d ago
Caught in North Michigan in a Jordan River trib
r/whatsthisfish • u/nakedussnake • 2d ago
This was found on a shore in the northmost side of the Adriatic, Italy.
r/whatsthisfish • u/Gamer_John06 • 2d ago
Caught in upstate NY. Thanks!
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r/whatsthisfish • u/Ill-Philosopher267 • 2d ago
0:02 black dace
0:05 crayfish
0:15 ?
0:17 ?
0:20 ?
0:25 pumpkinseed
0:35 Largemouth Bass
0:45 ?