What are these fish?

rushnaldo · 19-03-2011 9:06pm #1

All deepwater species caught by the Killybegs fleet today while fishing for Blue Whiting out west of Donegal on the continental shelf edge. Anyone know what they are? Any help appreciated.

thehamo · 19-03-2011 9:31pm

bleedin mad lookin????

on a serious note, first pic, a john dory?

3rd pic, long one a garfish? actually dont know

jd · 20-03-2011 12:02pm

Bottom pic, middle fish is, I think, an Orange Roughy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_roughy

jd · 20-03-2011 12:04pm

rushnaldo wrote: »

All deepwater species caught by the Killybegs fleet today while fishing for Blue Whiting out west of Donegal on the continental shelf edge. Anyone know what they are? Any help appreciated.

Could be a Rays Bream
http://www.seaonscreen.org/vleet/content/eng/rays-bream.htm

jd · 20-03-2011 12:07pm

rushnaldo wrote: »

A small Greenland Shark??

dody · 20-03-2011 10:07pm

I think the 2 thin fish in the bottom picture are scabbard fish.

stevecrow74 · 20-03-2011 11:03pm

1 deffo a rays bream
2 yip tis a greenland shark
3 possible Megrim
4 possible scabbardfish
5 possible smoothead
6 deffo a Black scabbardfish
7 deffo an Alfonsino
8 deffo a Hatchetfish

dermo f · 21-03-2011 11:03am

I think 3. could be a greenland halibut

Cul a cnoic · 22-03-2011 1:31am

1st one is a rays bream alright. Interesting find there, you should send them off to the "Irish Skipper" mag, they always like to have photos of the more unusual catch...

mawk · 22-03-2011 5:31pm

Number two isn't an immature nurse shark is it? I'm on mobile and its hard to see

hatchet fish in the last pic is cute looking in a horrific kinda way

stevecrow74 · 22-03-2011 5:34pm

mawk wrote: »

Number two isn't an immature nurse shark is it? I'm on mobile and its hard to see

hatchet fish in the last pic is cute looking in a horrific kinda way

greenland shark, you can tell by the tail!!!

rushnaldo · 22-03-2011 10:24pm

Cheers for the info, all these fish are quite abundant through the blue whiting from the deep so i doubt if they are rare to those who fish the exteme deep out west. There is also a big white fish with red strings or ribbons coming off it but the head decomposes vey quick and is never on it by the time it gets ashore for a decent pic. Here is a better pic of number 3 up there, maye a cornish blackfish or greenland halibut?

stevecrow74 · 23-03-2011 1:37am

rushnaldo wrote: »

Cheers for the info, all these fish are quite abundant through the blue whiting from the deep so i doubt if they are rare to those who fish the exteme deep out west. There is also a big white fish with red strings or ribbons coming off it but the head decomposes vey quick and is never on it by the time it gets ashore for a decent pic. Here is a better pic of number 3 up there, maye a cornish blackfish or greenland halibut?

ah yeah, better pic.. yeah its a cornish blackfish alright.. looked flatter in the other pic!!

phurryphace · 14-02-2012 11:53pm

Dem scabbard fish are nice to eat....had some in Madeira.

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