Fish ID

[alun j.]

I caught this little fish whilst feathering for bait ........ at first I thought it was a smelt and popped in the bucket. ... in case I was desperate [ it was very small !!]

 

Watching it swim about I began to doubt it was a smelt.... it had a rounded snout and when gulping, it clearly had a mouth that started a bit back from the nose and a very , VERY big gape !!

 

Anyone know what this is ?? I studied Biology and have only seen things like this trawled upfrom very deep water !! I have never seen anything like this inshore.

 

Caught over Christchurch Ledge in about 5 m of water.... the red marks are not spots; it's where it got hooked on one of the other small feathers....it was just silvery.

[alun j.]

I'll put some more pics up.

[alun j.]

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[alun j.]

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[alun j.]

looks like a smelt with its mouth closed !

[TomBettle]

Possibly an Argentine species Alun?

 

Maybe a Greater Argentine???

[niggle]

Why cant I enlarge?all I get is a load of text? HELP

[Graham Nash]

Why cant I enlarge?all I get is a load of text? HELP

I will be interested in the answer to that, I get the same on my works computer.

[alun j.]

If I access internet via Explorer the pic enlarge works; if I use Firefox it won't !

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Ahhhhhh so if I use google chrome it won't work or Ipad or iPhone.

[Jim]

Welcome Back Alun.

 

 

 

Jim

[duncan]

yep - firefox and pbsbac images is a pain!

[alun j.]

Yes......... but what is my little fish ??

 

I'll pop it in the freezer if anyone wants to look later !

[Barney]

I get that and i use fire fox as my browser. I need to right click and select view image.select open with, it then downloads and asks what i want to view it with, i select windows picture and fax viewer.

it works for me. a bit of a pain at times but im inpatient.

 

Mick B

Edited October 4, 2010 by Barney

[silverfish]

Possibly some sort of Anchovy? the mouth looks similar to the Anchovy picture in this link http://www.fish.washington.edu/classes/fis...ad_pictures.htm

 

Rob

[codpiece]

Alun, It looks like a Blennie of some type to me. Derek.

[alun j.]

That's it !!

 

Well done Rob ..... 'Silverfish' ......... how appropriate .

 

Anchovy ....... bet no one else has one of those on their species tally ??

 

Alun.

[Mike Fox]

I'd agree anchovy Alun.

 

I'd also go as far to say as they're relatively common in our waters! I've had sprats from the boats on Poole Quay a number of times that have anchovies mixed in with them...I guess they're similar sized and if the shoals merge, how can they separate?

 

They're great eating, better than sprats, and not at all salty - that's how anchovies are normally preserved.

 

Great catch !!!!

 

Mike

[Rob]

Alun,

 

You forgot to describe the fighting characteristics? Long steaming runs or did it go deep?

 

[codpiece]

Alun, your ''catch'' appears to be ''skin finished'' I thought Anchovy had scales..and is the tail large enough? Derek.

Edited October 5, 2010 by codpiece

[pirky]

Alun.....I think this is a small smelt....I have caught them off the quay wall with size 12 hook on 3 lb line and a sliver of silver maccy skin...

 

See here ..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hypomesu...nspacificus.jpg

 

And here ...

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

 

 

Dave

Edited October 6, 2010 by pirky

[charlieannear]

Were the feathers baited with pizza?

[Jsplace]

Alun.....I think this is a small smelt....I have caught them off the quay wall with size 12 hook on 3 lb line and a sliver of silver maccy skin...

 

See here ..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hypomesu...nspacificus.jpg

 

Dave

[alun j.]

End to discussion.....

 

.......can cofirm as an Anchovy

[great white]

You will need a few more Alun

 

even for a starter