Fishy fishy fishy!!

[redlillymodel]

Who knows their sea fish

Comments

[shaunotd]

A small one of these? or more rounded?

[shaunotd]

Actually, small ones do seem to be more rounded

[redlillymodel]

THAT'S IT!!!

WOW and it looked just like that too!!

Well done!

:o)

x

[shaunotd]

8-)

They're pretty unmistakeable, if you've ever seen a picture of one. Well described!

Yrs,

Shaun
Molecular Ecology & Fisheries Genetics Lab
University of Hull

8-)

[redlillymodel]

Ah

[shaunotd]

Heehee! 8-D

[shaunotd]

According to FishBase, they're found in all warm & temperate oceans, and aren't listed as threatened - but they're long-lived slow breeders, so probably not 'common' as such.

[redlillymodel]

What the hell was it doing washed up on Portholland shore - that's what I want to know!!

[shaunotd]

Probably caught in a storm. They're very good open-water swimmers, but I doubt they cope too well with severe turbulence inshore. Strandings are rare, but not exceptional.

[redlillymodel]

We were going to eat it too, but good job we didn't - they are related to the blowfish!

[shaunotd]

*8-O

I wouldn't really fancy anything that's been washed up on the beach though - you don't know how long it's been there or what it died from... X-P

[redlillymodel]

It was still alive!!

[shaunotd]

Oooh! You didn't say that. I hope you didn't just leave it there...

[redlillymodel]

I threw it back in only to watch it getting washed up again!! :o(

[shaunotd]

8-( It was probably too far gone, from being stranded. In that case, shame it wasn't edible [mmmmm...fish!] 8-)