darrow Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Collected from Galveston bay dredge spoils, late Pleistocene Beaumont formation. First thought was gar skull fragment but it lacks the central suture line evident in online photos. Hoping someone here might recognize it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Can we see a pic straight on of both the side and the snout to the back? Profiles can be helpful. I think it looks like a sturgeon, but I don’t see the skull sutures for that either. Maybe @Uncle Siphuncle or @Harry Pristis would have some insight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrow Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 I’ll post some shots of the profile tomorrow. Not sure sturgeon were ever this far south? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Could be gar or bowfin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 It’s part of a Sea Robin skull. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 *1 for Sea Robin skull. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM - APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Nice. Rare in TX. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Dunno what type, but this is 100% a fish skull. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrow Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 5 hours ago, Uncle Siphuncle said: Nice. Rare in TX. First I've come across but curious why they would be rare given the habitat of at least one Texas species "...inshore waters, bays and salt marshes." https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishing/sea-center-texas/flora-fauna-guide/gulf-waters/animals-of-the-gulf-waters/bighead-sea-robin Perhaps marine transgression across the shallow shelf of the Texas coast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko69 Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Not rare in Texas. It is sea robin. Here is one I caught in Galveston over Thanksgiving holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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