what kind of fish?

[addy1]

I caught this fish on my cam in my pond. It does not look like a gold fish, maybe a small fry?

 

[MitchM]

A Great White maybe?

 

[MajorDan]

The river chub (Nocomis micropogon) is a minnow in the family Cyprinidae. It is one of the most common fishes in North American streams.

River chub
side view of a common North American minnow

 

[MitchM]

That's a great guess.
How did it get in addy's pond?

 

[addy1]

That's a great guess.
How did it get in addy's pond?

That is it, at least what it looked like.
I wonder if the two mallards that landed a few weeks ago had eggs on their feet. There have been zero plants added for years now.

 

[addy1]

Here is another pic of it.

 

[MitchM]

@MajorDan may have got it.

More diversity is better, @addy1

 

[j.w]

Wonder if there is more and if it's an ok fish to have in there? They have plenty of room in your big pond to multiply!

 

[MajorDan]

Ducks are bio-bombers potentially bringing the full range of plants, snails, fish and bacteria to a pond near you. Use to wonder how lakes and small ponds isolated from streams etc end up with fish. Now I see how they get there, hitchhiking on ducks and geese. LOL.

 

[MajorDan]

By the way, I lived in northern Virginia for a time and had a natural 55 gallon aquarium with a turtle and fish from the local streams including the pretty river chub.

 

[sissy]

mitch put it there thinking it was a shark

 

[addy1]

Wonder if there is more and if it's an ok fish to have in there?

It doesn't matter if it is ok or not zero chance of me catching that sucker. I couldn't catch one small fish in a hot tub pond, without almost draining it, they can fly when they want to.

 

[MajorDan]

That picture of you chasing a minnow in a hot tub just makes me laugh.

 

[Tula]

I agree @MajorDan has it right, it's a minor. Our local fish hatchery published an article about using them in ponds where people are growing out large mouth bass. I found it interesting that the females lay the eggs underneath logs etc. and the males use a sponge like spot on their heads to keep them clean. I had the paper article, will look to see if there is an online version.

Nope, just checked their website and didn't see it.

 

[addy1]

That picture of you chasing a minnow in a hot tub just makes me laugh.

It was a 4 inch goldfish, still could not catch it. To try and catch a minnow in the pond...............yeah right!