New Personal Best - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

GregAndrew · 02-14-2011, 08:45 PM

Direct from the horses mouth:
The brown and other smoothhounds can be distinguished from the soupfin shark since their second dorsal fins originate well in advance of the beginning of the anal fin; while in the soupfin, the second dorsal begins behind the origin of the anal fin.

Funny that this is the only mention of the Soupfin in the fish identification section, and no pics. But after viewing again I can clearly see that the fins start about the same location so Soupfin it is.

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02-14-2011, 08:45 PM	#8
GregAndrew Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,384	Direct from the horses mouth: The brown and other smoothhounds can be distinguished from the soupfin shark since their second dorsal fins originate well in advance of the beginning of the anal fin; while in the soupfin, the second dorsal begins behind the origin of the anal fin. Funny that this is the only mention of the Soupfin in the fish identification section, and no pics. But after viewing again I can clearly see that the fins start about the same location so Soupfin it is.