Anyone recognise this fish?

[graham]

Caught this oddball the other day while fishing for cod with squid bait.

OK Im lying /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Apparently its a species of frilled shark thought to have been extinct for 80 million years until this one was filmed off Japan.

Fishy Story

 

[photodog]

Yeah, I know him, thats Trevor.

nice enough bloke, but drinks like, well, a fish.

 

[telford_mike]

Seahorse?

 

[Major Catastrophe]

Are they going to ban anchoring in Japan?

 

[telford_mike]

No need, they'll have eaten it already....

 

[JKay]

And the Shark ain't thrilled about it

cheers Joe

 

[cgull]

Its a number 15 on the takeaway menu.

 

[Ariadne]

Its Chlamydoselachus Anguineus so there you are then.
Distributed world-widw, buts its rare to uncommon.
IUCN red list: near threatened by-catch of deep bottom trawls (although never saw this one myself) and gillnets. Utilised for fishmeal and meat. Harmless.

What else do you want to know about it then?

By the way found it in my sons Field guide Sharks of the World.

 

[Romeo]

Even his mother can't think he's bonny.

 

[Seven Spades]

Do we still take fish from the sea to make fertiliser?

 

[ccscott49]

Yep, we do and we still take sand eels in Denmark, for fish oil for power generation (think that may be on the way out) We also take heaps of reef fish (which we dont eat) to turn into prawn food for far east farmed prawns! (Dont buy them!!!!!!)