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Was out on the bankside yesterday when I came across a patch of scales, some 60 to 100 or so. I have attached some pics & I know it's a very long shot but does anyone here have an idea what species they came from?

 

Sorry, website won't let me download photos. Neither of the were larger than 500k. Tried loads of times to no avail.

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Either carp or a big chub.

Species caught in 2020: Barbel. European Eel. Bleak. Perch. Pike.

Species caught in 2019: Pike. Bream. Tench. Chub. Common Carp. European Eel. Barbel. Bleak. Dace.

Species caught in 2018: Perch. Bream. Rainbow Trout. Brown Trout. Chub. Roach. Carp. European Eel.

Species caught in 2017: Siamese carp. Striped catfish. Rohu. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Black Minnow Shark. Perch. Chub. Brown Trout. Pike. Bream. Roach. Rudd. Bleak. Common Carp.

Species caught in 2016: Siamese carp. Jullien's golden carp. Striped catfish. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Alligator gar. Rohu. Black Minnow Shark. Roach, Bream, Perch, Ballan Wrasse. Rudd. Common Carp. Pike. Zander. Chub. Bleak.

Species caught in 2015: Brown Trout. Roach. Bream. Terrapin. Eel. Barbel. Pike. Chub.

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Instead of guessing, I got my old scale collection out of the loft, and here is a very hasty photo. Four examples out of a collection of a couple of hundred.

 

Normally I view them using a slide projector, so a photo is not ideal

 

 

Click on the pic for an enlargement

 

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Now, the top left is from a 10 lb carp

 

Top right from a 4-10 chub

 

Bottom left from an 11-8 barbel

 

Bottom right from a bream.

 

 

I can tell you categorically your scale is not from a pike, perch, zander or salmonid (quite different shapes)

 

 

I will let you all have a good look at the above - my gut reaction was barbel based on the oblong shape (a big one as barbel have relatively small scales) - but shapes vary a bit on any fish. Anyway, at least this way we are comparing them with real scales rather than blind guessing

 

...and yes, Phone is quite right in saying the scale with two holes in is from the lateral line. The one below it with the granular centre is a "regeneration" scale - ie the fish lost the original and regrew a replacement.

 

PS when comparing shapes, pay attention to the (darker) exposed portion - which is at the bottom of the pic in my examples (except the bream)

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World species 471 : UK species 105 : English species 95 .

Certhia's world species - 215

Eclectic "husband and wife combined" world species 501

 

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As promised I have uploaded pics of the scales in situ. Not easy to see in the first pic. The third pic is of the swim itself.

 

The location is on a Club section of the river Great Ouse above Bedford. My initial thoughts, given the swim & location were Chub or Barbel but thought I would ask the opinion of other forumites.

 

Assuming it is Chub or Barbel, what size would you estimate?

 

Thanks for all the responses so far.

 

BR

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