Strange Fish Washes Ashore
It always baffles me when sea creatures wash ashore and no one seems to be able to know what in the world it is! Well same thing happend here, when this strange looking fish was found on the shores of the Cayman Brac a few years back, and no one could identify it.
The weird fish is roughly thirty inches long, more than half of which is a long, eel-like tail attached to a fish body. It has pale pink scales, pectoral fins, a dorsal fin and a small feathery fin on its belly. Can you identify this fish?
May 31st, 2009 at 10:15 am
I think it might be a variation of a Coryphaenoides rupestris. Also known as Roundnose grenadier.
August 18th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
that fish is a fucking mazing
August 21st, 2009 at 9:37 pm
i would say so good eye fellow marine bioligest
January 13th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
damn these things r likee scary..
they look likee ther from a different lifee…
January 7th, 2011 at 1:00 am
Coryphaenoides leptolepis possibly. Its called more commonly a “rat tail” they are by far some of the most common deep sea fish.
January 9th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
wierd again. i jus cant place it………