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[andrsn]

wishboner, yeah... same fish.

geeeze, now i know where to go to identify the fish i take pictures of!

abri, a sea biscuit is a slang term for these spineless like urchins here in florida/carribean. the flatter ones are called sand dollars and the fatter ones are called sea biscuits. we didn't have many scientists around here when these things were discovered.

later,
andrsn

i'll post some more when i get home. got tons, but i think they'll be too easy. :head

 

[icarus pacific]

a "sea biscuit" is what you find in your wetsuit following a shark encounter. :blackeye


sven

 

[Abriapnea]

AAHH , Thanks Sven . In that case , I have produced some top quality biscuits ...

 

[Iyadiver]

a "sea biscuit" is what you find in your wetsuit following a shark encounter.

It comes in two offerings but one colour :

Small elongated or "Mesh-up" form......... with a bit of Ammonia juice thrown in :hungover

 

[andrsn]

c'mon, noone's taking a guess at my previous pic?

how 'bout this one...

 

[Iyadiver]

OK Chief,

Nice close up, how do you get the bluish tone ?
I guess this fish belongs to Jack Family or Tuna family.

Is it a Big Eye Jack or those little tuna (albalcore something ) people use as marlin bait ?

 

[Wishbone]

This is a totally wild guess, but can it be a bluefish?

 

[Iyadiver]

Wait a minute !!!! I think the scales belong to a Tarpoon......

 

[Abriapnea]

Head too pointy for a jack , eyes too high and protruding for tuna .
Looks more like a herring - type fish .:duh

 

[andrsn]

splendid, IYA.

megalops atlanticus (aka tarpon)

the bluish tint is just from the lighting. i didn't use a flash and they were all about 60 feet down. luckily the water was pretty clear to let enough light down.

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[Pekka]

What a nice pics..

As I have been loking at this thread I have grown more and more jelous... I was born at the wrong end of this blue planet of ours... If I would post pics from here they would only be darkish brown and have fish about my pinky size!!!!!!
Hopefully I get to move somewhere where I actually can see something when diving soon...
Nice pictures though!
Are you all useing Digital cameras?
they must be expensive as hell!!

 

[Wishbone]

I was about to suggest the one on the photo is Maria (a friend of my sister). The girl has the same peculiar jaw.... Yeah....

 

[andrsn]

ahhh.. you're bad!

 

[Iyadiver]

My place have no Tarpoon, we only have Tampoon

I remember well this fish cause the were playing under a fuel dock while I was sea trialling a yacht for a client in Florida, can't remember the area, not Miami, quite a small city, but I like the West Marine store nearby. Hell, even Hooter's in Miami is a good place to be.....

I thought, DAMN, this is conservation !!!!!!!!! If that fish were roaming under a fuel dock in my city of Jakarta :

First, it will die cause the water is not brown, not even green, it is black............& smell like that "Biscuit" Sven & Abri talk about.

Second, if the water is clear enough...dream on......the Tarpoon will either get netted, stab by a pole, shot at with whatever anyone can get their hands on.......sad city...sad city.

More guessing games please.......... If i don't shoot a fish at least I can guess at one...wha ha ha ha

 

[andrsn]

here's another, IYA ....

 

[Abriapnea]

Hey Andrsn , are you fiddling with the colours ?
That looks like lactoria fornasini ;thornback cowfish ,that has swallowed someones stash of hallucinogenics !

 

[icarus pacific]

I don't know but keep cubandiver clear of it before he shoots it. :hmm

sven

 

[andrsn]

i'd recommend a powerhead and an hp ink cartridge to finish it off.

yeah, abri... he's more like this...

 

[Abriapnea]

Give it to me !

 

[Wishbone]

I'd say it's some species similar to our Shore rockling (Gaidropsarus mediterraneus).

Judging by the the sand, it's also of the same size. Only that our has two more tentacles on the nose and the color is a bit lighter...

If I'm not right, the other option is quite simple. The indians caught a poor eel and are now torturing it...

Ivan