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dennisK

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what sort of fish is this? (picture)
« on: September 01, 2005, 12:44:31 PM »
A friend sent me this picture - no idea what sort it is. It was caught in the south pacific.

thanks

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Re: what sort of fish is this? (picture)
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2005, 12:47:24 PM »
big red tallywacker?
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Re: what sort of fish is this? (picture)
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2005, 01:09:26 PM »
Quote from: limit time on September 01, 2005, 12:47:24 PM
big red tallywacker?

haha

tallywacker is a lure  8)



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Re: what sort of fish is this? (picture)
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2005, 01:26:02 PM »
Sure is a colourful fish
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Re: what sort of fish is this? (picture)
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2005, 03:03:36 PM »
Puffer fish?
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Re: what sort of fish is this? (picture)
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2005, 03:33:23 PM »
Chernobyl Sunfish  :D

What is that - a moose in the trailer?
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Re: what sort of fish is this? (picture)
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2005, 04:27:54 PM »
I think its just tails of other fish.
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Re: what sort of fish is this? (picture)
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2005, 05:30:27 PM »
a specaled oh my god whats this fish ;D ;D ;D ;D kind of different though
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Re: what sort of fish is this? (picture)
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2005, 05:37:49 PM »
its called a moonfish. too bad, they usuall grow to about 500 lbs.  they're a slow moving, very gentle type of fish. they have the same demeanor as the manatee.
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Re: what sort of fish is this? (picture)
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2005, 07:31:35 PM »
"That's no moon.  It's a space station..."

-Obiwan Kenobi
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Re: what sort of fish is this? (picture)
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2005, 07:37:58 PM »
It's an opah "Lampris regius" (nichname 'moonfish')

One of the most colorful of the commercial fish species available in Hawaii. A silvery-grey upper body color shades to a rose red dotted with white spots toward the belly. Its fins are crimson, and its large eyes are encircled with gold. The moonfish's large, round profile may be the origin of its name. Moonfish landed in Hawaii range from 60 to over 200 pounds in round weight. A pelagic wandering species, it is often found in the company of tunas and billfish.

In Hawaii, the opah has historically been an incidental catch of longline gear. Only recently has this species become commercially important. The opah was viewed as a good luck fish by old-time longline fishermen, who would give it away as a gesture of goodwill rather than sell it.

Good tasting fish.  long grain rich and fatty.

Usually prepared as sashimi, boiling and sometimes smoked.
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Re: what sort of fish is this? (picture)
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2005, 08:26:24 PM »
Quote from: Adanac on September 01, 2005, 06:57:38 PM
thats not a moon fish its a opah, moon fish are a drab grey colour.

its that colour because its a juvenile. just like immature lingcods are sometimes bluish in colour.
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Re: what sort of fish is this? (picture)
« Reply #12 on: September 01, 2005, 09:43:59 PM »
Looks like photo shop to me.
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Re: what sort of fish is this? (picture)
« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2005, 09:54:26 PM »
Yes it is defanitly a "Moonfish"
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Re: what sort of fish is this? (picture)
« Reply #14 on: September 01, 2005, 11:17:02 PM »
Quote from: *Lil Fisherman* on September 01, 2005, 09:54:26 PM
Yes it is defanitly a "Moonfish"

Or an Opah! ;)
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