Anyone know what this is?

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Well, it sure is ugly! :11:

It looks like it has a foot like a snail and eyes and mouth like a fish.

Are you sure this isn't a picture of something someone saw on the back lot of Universal Studios from the tram? :wink:

Kidding aside, it will be interesting to see what some of our "fish identifiers" say about this one.

Maybe Dr. Bill knows what this is.

Christian
 
normantr:
All I know is that it was caught by a fisherman in the Pacific Northwest. Exactly where I do not know.

Tim
You didn't buy that from the fellow at the flea market selling stuffed Jackalopes did you?
 
Yuck! Whatever it is, I hope I don't meet one face to face underwater!! :scared:
It looks like a mutant- maybe it was born near San Onofre.. (the nuclear power plant place) ..heheh
 
Im pretty sure thats a brain fish

at least it should be!

John
 
Is this some trick from Star Wars?

Actually fish in the PNW are a bit out of my realm of experience. You might try contacting Milton Love at UCSB. He "specializes" in wierd fish (don't tell him I told you that)!

Dr. Bill
 
normantr:
All I know is that it was caught by a fisherman in the Pacific Northwest. Exactly where I do not know.

Tim

The sucking disk in the first picture identifies it as a type of snailfish, but further than that, I can't go. How long was this fish, it looks about 12 inches which means it could be a lobefin or a marbled snailfish. I am depending entirely on my field guide (peterson) since I have never personally seen one of those before.

Peter
 
Peter McGuinness:
The sucking disk in the first picture identifies it as a type of snailfish, but further than that, I can't go. How long was this fish, it looks about 12 inches which means it could be a lobefin or a marbled snailfish. I am depending entirely on my field guide (peterson) since I have never personally seen one of those before.

Peter

Using snailfish as a starting point, I did some searching and it appears it is a variety of lumpfish
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...v=/images?q=lumpfish&start=120&hl=en&lr=&sa=N

http://www.seafood.no/Eff/eng/effan...5693B005A28F6?openDocument&menu=Seafood Facts
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/swift/

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