Frog eyed roach?

[peter crabtree]

Caught a small roach today from the GUC which had strange eyes. I’ve never seen this before apart from on some aquarium fish.

Anyone else seen this condition before?

 

[Mark Wintle]

I've seen it but have no explanation for it - 'Marty Feldman Syndrome'?

 

[tigger]

Looks like a bacterial infection.

 

[108831]

I think Ian's right.

 

[Another Dave]

Yeah, never seen an aquarium fish recover from this.

 

[rich66]

Yep I’ve caught them like that before, no idea what it is. Either a genetics mutation like you see in some goldfish varieties or as suggested an infection of some sort

 

[laguna]

Dropsy. In advanced cases, the eyes may bulge out due to the large amount of fluid behind them. Some other symptoms may include redness of the fins and 'pineconed' scales. A dropsied fish might not always have pineconed scales. Sometimes it just swells up, usually with bulging eyes.