One fish a day thread

[shresearchdude]

Max depth of this one is 4200Meters

Threadfin Dragonfish. This one I've never seen. I can't imagine one that is 14"max length size...

http://fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesS...fin+Dragonfish

They seem to be more common on Pacific side I've not done a research trip off the west coast yet

[Taxman]

Have you ever seen one of these?

http://www.grindtv.com/fishing/myste...Wm28s0srBXF.97

[shresearchdude]

Originally Posted by Taxman

Have you ever seen one of these?

http://www.grindtv.com/fishing/myste...Wm28s0srBXF.97

I've only learned about them in books and museum collections... one of the oldest living designs

[shresearchdude]

Cobia???? well this isn't my photo but I caught one in a fish trap in the Arthur Kil River about 15 years ago that was about 4" long.

There was a new NJ record fish by spear entered last year.

[shresearchdude]

Inshore Lizardfish. These fish are lie and wait ambush predators. I've kept a few in tank for short periods and they bury themselves and grab hold of fish with their very sharp teeth.
They aren't caught too frequently by most fisherman. This fish was caught in a bottom trawl off the tip of SH a few years ago.
The most obvious way to identify them is their "cigar shape" and pointed snout that seems to be part of a triangle shape. Size can be up to 18" but I've only seen them to about 10"

[shresearchdude]

Just some sunrise/sunset photo's today. I will usually volunteer for the overnight shift when I go on any survey boat. Watching the sunrise and smelling the bacon cooking in the galley makes for some good days. Having someone cook me breakfast each day can't be beat-I'm too lazy to do it myself.

[shresearchdude]

Shad, Alewife, Blueback Herring, Atlantic Herring. Without seeing them often it's easy to miss which is which sometimes.
Atlantic Herring tend to be more "cigar shaped". Shad should have a row of spots along their dorsal line.
Alewifes and Bluebacks are always split open on the survey boats and the Blueback have a black lining in their stomach.

Atlantic herring don't come in to spawn.
Alewife are the first to come inshore to fresh water to spawn in the spring.

[shresearchdude]

tiny Spoonarm Octopus. These only get a few inches long. Mostly deeper and Gulf of Maine north.

http://descna.com/index.php/speciesr...oonarm-octopus

[shresearchdude]

Lanternfish. Myctophidae. These have been referred to as one of the most abundant fish in the ocean. They come from deep locations and don't hold up well when trawled up.
If they come up in good shape they are covered with very fine silver scales-that come off very easily. They utilize bioluminescence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanternfish



http://solvinzankl.photoshelter.com/...000dgQ2prpFW.s

[shresearchdude]

Weakfish??? yes
I'm trying to put some work together this summer on some. Likely a tag retention study in our lab. They don't hold tags well, but it hasn't been documented well.

We did a tracking study in 2006-07 but it never got written up in the perspective of three separate species. I'm trying to put something else together with a researcher from North Carolina U.

This tracking publication isn't detailed about individual fish movements but more about how long the three species stayed in the Navesink.
http://fishbull.noaa.gov/1122_3/manderson.pdf

the tails of the fish less than one year are of a different shape than the adults...