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What species is this

Posted by itldome on 16/9/2012, 5:07 pm

Caught today from a Palliser Bay Beach,, any ideas

Re: What species is this

Posted by Chad on 16/9/2012, 5:33 pm, in reply to "What species is this"

One you should throw back

Wairoa
Hawkesbay

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Re: What species is this

Posted by Tookey126 on 16/9/2012, 5:39 pm, in reply to "What species is this"

Bugger me. that's one ugly fish send it to te papa and they will let you know.

Re: What species is this

Posted by itldome on 16/9/2012, 5:58 pm, in reply to "Re: What species is this"

This was a few minutes after beeing caught, the eye is a luminescent blue

Re: What species is this

Posted by Chad on 16/9/2012, 6:04 pm, in reply to "Re: What species is this"

Looks like like deep water speciess, where did you catch it?

Wairoa
Hawkesbay

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Re: What species is this

Posted by SNAPPA NAPIER on 16/9/2012, 6:29 pm, in reply to "Re: What species is this"

Was it caught on a rod? Or wash up out of a trawl net. Looks like a deep water species. Similar to a Lancet fish??

Re: What species is this

Posted by GaryK on 16/9/2012, 6:55 pm, in reply to "Re: What species is this"

This is a lancet fish. They come ashore occassionaly, north of East Cape. They are a deep water species but do show up from time to time.
Will post some info on them later.

The snapper don't know where the car park is!
Sometimes it is better to travel than to arrive.

Re: What species is this

Posted by Panser on 16/9/2012, 8:16 pm, in reply to "Re: What species is this"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancetfish

Found this info on web

Born to fish. Forced to work.

Re: What species is this

Posted by itldome on 16/9/2012, 9:18 pm, in reply to "Re: What species is this"

It was caught in front of our place, by a Feilding club member, Mangatoetoe, Palliser bay. He also caught a heap of Blue cod and Kahawhai> there have been many strange deep water species, caught from the same beach over the years. Murry was practicing for the Moki $1ooo. trying to catch a Moki

Re: What species is this

Posted by itldome on 16/9/2012, 9:23 pm, in reply to "Re: What species is this"

It certainly looks like a Lancet fish,, but this one is brown, across between an eel brown, butter fish brown

Re: What species is this

Posted by Phill on 16/9/2012, 9:26 pm, in reply to "Re: What species is this"
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You would have to win a prize with that thing , surtainly had the looks only its mother could love.

Re: What species is this

Posted by GaryK on 16/9/2012, 9:50 pm, in reply to "Re: What species is this"

They can be a number of colours. Thanks Panser for the info, saved me a job.

The snapper don't know where the car park is!
Sometimes it is better to travel than to arrive.

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