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Doedogg Banned Posts: 408 Kudos: 737 Votes: 445 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	The newest season of the Deadliest Catch starts Monday and I was just poking around The Northwestern's website and found pictres of a very odd fish and was wondering if anyone knew what it was? There are more before and after so you get more views of it. http://www.forums.fvnorthwestern.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=53&pos=26 I used to be Snow White, but I drifted. ~ Mae West
Posted 30-Mar-2007 16:20
denver Mega Fish Mile High.... Posts: 1031 Kudos: 205 Votes: 110 Registered: 25-Jul-2000	no clue but it is fugly!!
Posted 30-Mar-2007 16:30
REDPHANTOM Enthusiast Taking life on an angle Posts: 176 Kudos: 46 Votes: 4 Registered: 05-Jan-2007	Seems to be an Anarhichas lupus, commonly known as Wolf fish. Check out the pictures provided on this site: http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2501 Hope it helps, James
Posted 30-Mar-2007 17:40
Inkling Fish Addict Posts: 689 Kudos: 498 Votes: 11 Registered: 07-Dec-2005	It looks to me like a Coelecanth http://www.nrf.ac.za/publications/news@nrf/feb2001/coelacanth.jpg or a wolf fish, like REDPHANTOM said http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&q=Wolffish Inky
Posted 30-Mar-2007 19:13
Budzilla Enthusiast Posts: 288 Kudos: 197 Votes: 90 Registered: 18-Jul-2006	it is definantly not a Coelecanth, lol, wow that is completely different, i am prettyy dure its a wolf fish. -Vincent
Posted 30-Mar-2007 22:39
REDPHANTOM Enthusiast Taking life on an angle Posts: 176 Kudos: 46 Votes: 4 Registered: 05-Jan-2007	Edited by REDPHANTOM Maybe this will be more helpful. Try opening both links and comparing them side by side. http://www.forums.fvnorthwestern.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=53&pos=29 http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Photos/PicturesSummary.cfm?StartRow=6&ID=2501&what=species Maybe Calilasseia can set us all straight. J.
Posted 30-Mar-2007 23:05
firecontrol Hobbyist Posts: 65 Kudos: 59 Votes: 41 Registered: 02-Sep-2005	Edited by firecontrol Thats a Wolf's Head Eel, or Wolf Eel. Creepy huh? I saw one at an Aquarium in Victoria BC a few years back. Check out this Photo http://www.seaotter.com/marine/research/anarrhichthys/ocellatus/pics/ocellatus.jpg
Posted 31-Mar-2007 23:48
Doedogg Banned Posts: 408 Kudos: 737 Votes: 445 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	Maybe Calilasseia can set us all straight. Cali needs to definately set us straight! I used to be Snow White, but I drifted. ~ Mae West
Posted 01-Apr-2007 02:17
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	It' is as redphantom says; it's not a wolf eel. It's fairly easy to tell the two apart, especially when you can see the telltale rostral ridges.
Posted 01-Apr-2007 09:23
Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	There's actually more pictures to look at there that allow a more complete picture of the fish to be built up. Picture 1 (the original) Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4 This fish bears a striking resemblance to Anarhichas lupus. There is another closely related fish, Anarrhichthys ocellatus, which looks similar. Trouble is, both fishes are confusingly referred to as the Wolf Eel! The two fishes are in the same Family (Anarhichadidae). However ... Go to the home page featuring the trawler, namely here, and it's based in Seattle, operating in Alaskan waters (Bering Sea). Now, comparing the two known distributions for the two species listed above, we have: Anarhichias lupus : Greenland, Iceland, Spitsbergen south to the UK, Atlantic seaboard of US and Canada including Newfoundland; Anarrhichthys ocellatus : Alaska south to Washington State. Therefore on the basis of the known distribution of the two species, it's looking as if the fish in question cannot be Anarhichias lupus, because that fish is native to the wrong ocean! Therefore out of those two choices it's got to be Anarrhichthys ocellatus. The distribution for the related Anarhichias orientalis, the Bering Wolf Eel, however, does have some overlap, so there's a possibility that we're dealing with either of Anarrhichthys ocellatus or Anarhichias orientalis. Given that the trawler that landed the fish operates in the Bering Sea, I'd say Anarhichias orientalis is starting to look like the most likely candidate ... Some more pictures of Anarhichias orientalis for comparison can be found here]http://www.h5.dion.ne.jp/~namako/animals/VERTEBRATA/ACTINOPTERYGII/Perciformes/Image/ookamiuo.jpg[/link], [link=here]http://www.h5.dion.ne.jp/~namako/animals/VERTEBRATA/ACTINOPTERYGII/Perciformes/Image/ookamiuo2.jpg[/link], [link=here]http://www.h5.dion.ne.jp/~namako/animals/VERTEBRATA/ACTINOPTERYGII/Perciformes/Image/ookamiuo4.jpg[/link] and [link=here for comparison. Ultimately though, dissection is required on this one. Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
Posted 01-Apr-2007 22:55
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	It's obviously not Anarrhichthys ocellatus--firstly, the fish has a caudal fin, and secondly, the length of the flank is not nearly as elongated as it would be in the above species.
Posted 02-Apr-2007 02:26
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Also, good detective work regarding the trawler location. It seems probable now that the fish would be A. orientalis.
Posted 02-Apr-2007 02:29


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