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Northwest Wisconsin. Dropped from an ospray nest.

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[-] WhaleScenery@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago

The only fish I can think of that might’ve dropped the Bic is a smoked haddock.

[-] sagrotan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] King_Bob_IV@startrek.website 14 points 1 year ago

I don't think this is a scale, it looks an awful lot like an otolith, which is a calcium carbonate buildup from inside a fishes head. These are often used by biologists to age a fish similar to counting rings on a tree.

I still don't know what species would have one shaped like that but it may help you to look in better places to identify it.

[-] Jerb322@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It has a socket at the left side. Like a ball in socket joint.

[-] anubis119@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

The only one I can think of that is capable of that much inflation is a puffer fish.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

The Kirby of the underwater world

[-] Jerb322@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Here are more bones. But I don't think that they are all from the same fish.

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

That is some bic fish

[-] pezmaker@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How far northwest? If close enough to lake Superior, maybe a lake whitefish. If not very close to lake Superior or other deep lakes, possibly a white sucker or quillback, which I grew up calling a sheepshead.

Scroll through this and you can check out the whiter fish with larger scales.

[-] Jerb322@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

What should we call this one then?

I dunno, how Lake Whitefish?

Well, I guess that’s the name then

[-] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Trout or yellow perch?

Stupidly hard to tell.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Nice try, FBI

[-] Jerb322@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Don't know if it's enough to go on, but I figured I'd see...

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