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[*] posted on 3-22-2011 at 11:06 AM
Wierd looking fish...ID anybody?


I found a couple of wierd looking fish washed up on the beach this morning. I wonder what they would look like all grown up? Any ideas?........dt





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[*] posted on 3-22-2011 at 11:29 AM


Those are killer. I'd try and find a way to schelac/varnish them and then frame them.

Sorry I can't help om the ID, sort of looks like a Phirana.
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[*] posted on 3-22-2011 at 11:31 AM


They would make fabulous earrings. I am eager to find out what they are. They look like fish from the DEEEEEEEEEEEP.
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[*] posted on 3-22-2011 at 11:35 AM


DT,
I don't know what those blue ones are, but that top round one is the not so rare Copperus Lincolna ubiquitous....they tend to congregate at the bottom of fountains and water features in malls around the world.

A good find;D How did those blue ones taste? :biggrin:




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[*] posted on 3-22-2011 at 12:30 PM


:wow: Baby angler fish???



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[*] posted on 3-22-2011 at 12:33 PM


Those big eyes might suggest deep water,how one so small washes up on the beach without being eaten hmm?
must not taste so good maybe?
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eureka.gif posted on 3-22-2011 at 12:38 PM


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I found a couple of wierd looking fish washed up on the beach this morning. I wonder what they would look like all grown up? Any ideas?........dt



I think they are fused glass earrings. I used to be a glass artist and jewelery was a bread & butter item.




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[*] posted on 3-22-2011 at 12:54 PM


I sent your photo in to a place that ID's fish.



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[*] posted on 3-22-2011 at 01:27 PM


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I sent your photo in to a place that ID's fish.


Thanks russ, keep us posted.

I promise that they really are fish and not jewelery.....dt.




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[*] posted on 3-22-2011 at 01:35 PM


Those are the common perch that live in front of San Onofre Power Plant.
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[*] posted on 3-22-2011 at 04:01 PM


I think it is a juvinile Pacific Spadefish. My kid's would see them near shore in six inches of water in BOLA





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[*] posted on 3-22-2011 at 04:19 PM
Fish ID


Looks like Deep Sea Hatchetfish
(Argyropelecus gigas)




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[*] posted on 3-22-2011 at 04:28 PM


That is a really great find.

Not many people ever see them. Even the aquariums can't keep them alive. Most of us will only see pictures of them and accept their existence.

You are one lucky guy.
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[*] posted on 3-22-2011 at 04:39 PM


Tehag is correct! - sometimes they vertically migrate at night - perhaps caoght in a storm and washed ashore - preserve in 50% isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) - very cool find. Were there only 2?
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[*] posted on 3-22-2011 at 04:39 PM


I got an answer back. Tropical hatchetfish - Argyropelecus lychnus



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[*] posted on 3-22-2011 at 04:44 PM


Any mention of size or age? look like cartoons



Anyone can catch fish in a boat but only \"El Pescador Grande\" can get them from the beach.

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[*] posted on 3-22-2011 at 05:09 PM


I googled it and I didn't find any good photos but I think dt's fish is this one
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Polyipnus_spinosus.jpg
Hope this works.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:polyipnus_spinosus.jpg



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[*] posted on 3-22-2011 at 05:37 PM


Maybe I shouldn't have thrown them away......dt



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[*] posted on 3-22-2011 at 07:30 PM


GREAT EARRINGS! Used to have dried blowfish earrings, blown up with those crazy shaky eyes glued on-quite a conversation piece
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[*] posted on 3-22-2011 at 10:40 PM


Those are definitely hatchetfish. If you look along the botttom/belly, you'll see specialized cells called photophores. These cells can produce bioluminescent light. What is even more interesting is that the Hatchetfish can actually control the intensity of the light that is emitted from these cells and have been shown to actually mimic the changes in light levels reaching the deep sea as the sun moves across the horizon from morning to afternoon. This ability to mask themselves in the ambient light acts as a customizable form of camoflauge to mask their silouette from the eyes of underlying predators.
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