What exotics have shown up this year ?

[flattiefanatic]

Up to 3000lbs

[Zigs]

from marine life news

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Flying Gurnard

Photograph by Jim Greenfield (taken in Gozo)

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i seen a gliding gurnard, never a flying one.

[sam-cox]

I once saw a sun fish caught at north cornwall,

it was caught on mackeral feathers. The anglers had spotted the sun fish and were casting at it and in the end suceeded in foul hooking it.

As I understand sun fish are filter feeders,feeding on plancton.

[dillydangler]

have seen many over the years of the n.devon coast, sometimes very close in.

 

there fin is mistaken for a shark by grockels

 

[ 31. August 2005, 06:08 PM: Message edited by: dillydangler ]

[sam-cox]

very ancient fish that needs much respect.

[sam-cox]

dillydangle, dont their fins wigle from side to side?

[dillydangler]

dont know,

 

when ive seen them there top fin seems to be slowly slapping the surface of the water.!!!

[dillydangler]

ive never seen them move very quick,they look like there glideing in the tide,slapping the surface.

 

must be feeding?

[Toerag]

I believe the sunfish feeds on jellyfish actually. And the fin does flap from side to side breaking the surface, we saw one last year.

[dillydangler]

Toerag:

I believe the sunfish feeds on jellyfish actually.  And the fin does flap from side to side breaking the surface, we saw one last year.

that might explain them moving in the current (like jellyfish do) and moving/slapping there top fin to damage the jellyfish prior to eating???