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Scuba Forum / UK Scuba / August 2005What is this?
Does anybody know what kind of fish is this? The photo was taken in Chalkidiki, Greece at -12m. http://www.theabyss.gr/gallery/displayimage.php?album=79&pos=9 >Does anybody know what kind of fish is this? > >The photo was taken in Chalkidiki, Greece at -12m. > >http://www.theabyss.gr/gallery/displayimage.php?album=79&pos=9 Who knows, but one of the others is a John Dory: http://www.theabyss.gr/gallery/displayimage.php?album=79&pos=7 I saw one of those on the Persia yesterday. Fantastic fish - very pre-historic looking. I think they are usually deep water fish, but you do get the occasional one in the "shallows". I'm told there are a pair round the Egan Layne this year too. Gordon Hi Gordon, > Who knows, but one of the others is a John Dory: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > do get the occasional one in the "shallows". I'm told there are a pair > round the Egan Layne this year too. As far as I know this Zeus Faber (family Zeidae) lives from the shallow up to 400m. It usually hunts shoal fish (like sardines) and is delicious. Not caught by itself, but as a bycatch.  SignatureRegards Oliver >I saw one of those on the Persia yesterday. Fantastic fish - very >pre-historic looking. I think they are usually deep water fish, but you >do get the occasional one in the "shallows". I'm told there are a pair >round the Egan Layne this year too. Saw one on the Layne and one on the Persia over the weekend - the one on the Persia was the biggest one me or my buddy had ever seen: about 15-18 inches tall -- Pete diving 'at' melbourne 'dot' me 'dot' uk vchou <vchou@csd.auth.gr> lovingly inscribed in news:df1e2k$lj6$1 @volcano1.grnet.gr: > Does anybody know what kind of fish is this? > > The photo was taken in Chalkidiki, Greece at -12m. > > http://www.theabyss.gr/gallery/displayimage.php?album=79&pos=9 It looks like a Wrasse - similar to the Dapple Wrasse (Coris variegata), though that doesn't seem to be found in the Med How big was it? Chris Q |
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