One fish a day thread

[shresearchdude]

Pollock. Boston Bluefish.

old link
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/publ...m131/tm131.pdf

http://newenglandoceanodyssey.org/tag/atlantic-pollock/

[shresearchdude]

Hagfish. YUCK!!! no one wants to measure or work on these fish when they come up in a bottom trawl. The dirty jobs episode was a mess and that's how these fish get-if you let them sit too long.

http://www.wired.com/2014/11/creatur...facts-hagfish/

discovery channel video
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/ot...ag-fish-slime/

[shresearchdude]

Chain dogfish. These don't get much bigger than 18".

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/discov...hinus-retifer/

[shresearchdude]

Alligatorfish. This fish doesn't get any bigger than 8-9 inches and it's armored.
It was hard to find info on this fish since all the searches thought I was looking for an alligator gar. Had to look up the scientific name

Alligatorfish- Aspidophoroides monopterygius


http://www.gma.org/fogm/A_monopterygius.htm

[Duffman]

Originally Posted by shresearchdude

Chain dogfish. These don't get much bigger than 18".

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/discov...hinus-retifer/

Never thought Id say it but that's a cool looking doggie!

Any idea if that would survive well... or at all in a home SW Aquarium?

[shresearchdude]

Today we have the Torpedo Ray. They can discharge a short burst of nearly 200 volts!!! When stuff like this comes on board-they keep most from getting near it. The photo is from a professors collection at UMASS(2007)

This is a story about some Canadian researcher that attached a pop up tag to one-no update about what happened to the tag.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-s...usie-1.3269769

https://youtu.be/3Uk1YypqR-Q

[shresearchdude]

Angel shark. These are not to be trusted when they are caught.

more later

[shresearchdude]

Oyster Toadfish- "JM-Although it is edible, oyster toadfish are rarely eaten because of their grotesque appearance."


an interesting link...
http://cbf.typepad.com/bay_daily/201...-bite-too.html

the two fish photo are two we caught while beach seining. The other guy I had in a tank for our open house..

May 22, 2016 at N.J. Sea Grant Consortium on Sandy Hook
Both locations 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Free admission and free parking!

[shresearchdude]

Hook ear sculpin. They don't get bigger than a few inches. If you look really close to the photo you can see a hook/barb along the side of the fish-I suppose it's near the ear...

http://www.gma.org/fogm/Artediellus_uncinatus.htm

[shresearchdude]

Here's a pic of some tiny stripers from the Hudson River. Up near the Tappan Zee is the hotspot for fining these guys. It's amusing when you try to find them as in a beach seine in that zone you can find striped bass and largemouth bass in the same area.