# Fish ID **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 17, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-id/546996 "2010-07-17T05:46:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-id/546996/1 "2010-07-17T05:46:15Z")
Sorry, I don’t have much to go on. I was watching TV the other night, I don’t remember which channel, and there was a preview showing a guy catching a fearsome-looking, dark-greenish fish. It had an ogive-shaped head, and single rows of conical teeth that seemed to be at least an inch long. The teeth looked like they would not be out of place in a _T. rex_. The angler caught the fish on a line, but I don’t know where. I’m guessing it was a freshwater fish. The animal looked to be about three or four feet long. Any idea what kind of fish I saw? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-id/546996/2 "2010-07-17T06:06:20Z")
[Goliath tigerfish?](http://animal.discovery.com/fish/river-monsters/goliath-tigerfish/) [Business end!](http://animal.discovery.com/fish/river-monsters/killer-fish-photos/goliath-tigerfish-photos-05.html) CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-id/546996/3 "2010-07-17T06:54:38Z")
A [Golden Dorado](http://www.yerich.com/images/pictures/FY.JPG) maybe? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-id/546996/4 "2010-07-17T07:57:13Z")
Gar? Muskie? What’s a ogive-shaped head? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-id/546996/5 "2010-07-17T14:16:16Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > [Goliath tigerfish?](http://animal.discovery.com/fish/river-monsters/goliath-tigerfish/) [Business end!](http://animal.discovery.com/fish/river-monsters/killer-fish-photos/goliath-tigerfish-photos-05.html) That’s it! Thanks. > [@DrDeth](#): > > What’s a ogive-shaped head? In this case, shaped like the nose cone of a missile. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-id/546996/6 "2010-07-17T15:50:15Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Sorry, I don’t have much to go on. I was watching TV the other night, I don’t remember which channel, and there was a preview showing a guy catching a fearsome-looking, dark-greenish fish. It had an ogive-shaped head, and single rows of conical teeth that seemed to be at least an inch long. The teeth looked like they would not be out of place in a _T. rex_. The angler caught the fish on a line, but I don’t know where. I’m guessing it was a freshwater fish. The animal looked to be about three or four feet long. > > Any idea what kind of fish I saw? I don’t know what fish it was, but the show was probably [River Monsters](http://animal.discovery.com/tv/river-monsters/) from either Animal Planet, or Discovery. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-id/546996/7 "2010-07-17T18:46:35Z")
How big was it? Do you know where it was from? Muskies, pike, pickerel and walleye are greenish and are torpedo shaped with teeth. But I change my guess to some sort of [snakehead](http://www.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/17.giant_snakehead_5.jpg). They have [teeth](http://blogs.courierpostonline.com/fishhead/files/2008/12/snakeheadfish.jpg) and come in different [colors](http://www.fishthailand.co.uk/images/venue_it_lake_snakehead.JPG) (and finally a [greener](http://bensiegel.site.aplus.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/5.jpeg)one). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-id/546996/8 "2010-07-17T18:48:59Z")
Definitely the goliath tigerfish, and **crowmanyclouds** ’s link is to the show whose promo I saw. Thanks, all.