Silver or common

[Anthony78]

Our club lake has been producing these little bream for nearly 10 years but we've never had them over 1lb. I have a suspicion that they may be silver bream based on the size of the eye but I've never fished anywhere else confirmed to hold these so I'm not sure.

 

What do you guys think?

 

 

Thanks

 

Ant

[Barry C]

Ime no expert but coral coloured fins and large eye the two main identifying features of silver bream.

[Anderoo]

Looks like one to me - Mr Wintle?

[Vagabond]

Looks like a silver to me, although the characteristic blue sheen on the sides is not visible in the photo.

 

Anthony 78 Are these fish slimy? - or not?

 

A very noticeable feature of silvers is their lack of copious slime. Very obvious when you catch and handle them.

[Anthony78]

Looks like a silver to me, although the characteristic blue sheen on the sides is not visible in the photo.

 

Anthony 78 Are these fish slimy? - or not?

 

A very noticeable feature of silvers is their lack of copious slime. Very obvious when you catch and handle them.

 

The smaller fish appear to have very little slime but when they get near to the pound mark they do tend to have quite a bit.

 

Ant

[Mark Wintle]

I must admit that I downloaded the pic, blew it up and still can't see enough to be sure just what it is. Two factors that help identify silver bream are the actual lateral line scale count and the number of rays in the anal fin - at the moment I can't determine either accurately. It does look like a stunted fish - the large eye, apart from a common silver bream feature, is also a feature of stunted fish as the eye seems to keep growing even though the fish itself only grows very slowly. Most tiddler silver bream that I've caught have been like silver bottle tops, ie much deeper in the body.

[Anthony78]

I must admit that I downloaded the pic, blew it up and still can't see enough to be sure just what it is. Two factors that help identify silver bream are the actual lateral line scale count and the number of rays in the anal fin - at the moment I can't determine either accurately. It does look like a stunted fish - the large eye, apart from a common silver bream feature, is also a feature of stunted fish as the eye seems to keep growing even though the fish itself only grows very slowly. Most tiddler silver bream that I've caught have been like silver bottle tops, ie much deeper in the body.

 

Hi Mark,

Not sure if it helps but I also took the below pic which should help with a scale count. I got it to 48/49 scales?