What's that??? (not fake!)

[Slient]

Greeting ausfishers,

My mate sends me the bizarre pic and thought you may be interested.
The fish was washed from Asia Tsunami in 2004.

Happy guessing
Silent

[Red_Bull]

What was Phil Gould doing over there?

[Slient]

;D ;D ;D
Could been floppy from last state of orgin... ::)

[Red_Bull]

He should really learn to put on some sunscreen in future though. Sunbaking with that type of complexion is a recipe for disaster! :)

[wayne_cook]

which one are u reffering to im having strife with all 3

[DORO]

Now that is one UGLY sucker

DORO

[onerabbit]

Seen that one before silent, but cant remember what it was, ugly lookin thing though.

Muzz

[bdowdy]

:o :o :owhat the :o :o :o :o

[chicken]

looks like my mate smailesy

[Slient]

My wild guess supposed be "Blob fish"... ;D

Here I go GOLD!!! :D

Silent

[Gummtree]

Where ever do you drag them up from Silent. That is a "Blob Fish" or "Blob Sculpin" - Psychrolutidae Phrictus.
Ugly sucker.

Gummtree

[Bronson]

that is probobly the most uglyest looking thing i have ever seen before

[Bronson]

that is probobly the most uglyest looking thing i have ever seen before

[agnes_jack]

Reminds me of my mother in law! :o

;D ;D ;D

[Smailesy]

looks like my mate smailesy

not nice chicken you have hurt my feelings :'(

[richos]

Ugly thing!
you can see more strange fish found in the same washup at this link http://www.escalofrio.com/n/Criptozoologia/Extranos_Habitantes_Marinos/Extranos_Habitantes_Marinos.php

[Smailesy]

had a look richos i dont think i will ever get in the water again

[seafarer3]

Hey Silent .
Were in the hell did you catch the ugly sucker,....& how deeeeep ? :o


Cheers
Scott

[Slient]

Blob sculpin can be fished at 550 to 2800m Gee you need a very large winch reel with full spool of braid… $$$:o
Sorry not in Oz water…If you are serious to be mad fisherman to catch Blob and buy a flight ticket to California and find your own charter… ::)

Better website can be found...
http://www.pulseplanet.com/feat_archive/Jun04/index.html

http://people.whitman.edu/~yancey/fish.html

More pic's to come

[Slient]

:)

[Slient]

Something wrong with my left eye oops... caught ;D

[Slient]

Hello says Blob ;D

[Slient]

;)

[Slient]

Last pic...

[onerabbit]

which one are u reffering to im having strife with all 3


the one on the left-hand side looks like some kind of frog fish.

Muzz

[onerabbit]

Thanks for that silent, what an ugly looking fish.

Surely one of the best things about this site is the diversity of the members & their experience, somewhere in the group there is an answer to most questions, not to mention those who seek out the weird & unusual for us.

Muzz

[maztez]

Whatever its called ....its still one ugly basket of a fish ::) couldnt bring myself to eat one of them.
cheers Terry

[BennyJ]

Just goes to show , we really have no idea what lurks in our oceans

[puks]

Just goes to show , we really have no idea what lurks in our oceans
absolutly agree with you bennyj
isnt it amazing what can be found in the deep????


ugly is kinda in the eye of the beholder from all the creatures on that one site the blob kinda looks cute
the other ones are ranging from weird to disgusting to plain scary if you ask me


anya

[-Henno-]

I think somebody told me that the email that circulated about all the fish that washed up during the tsunami was not 100% legit.

They were actually real fish but had been photographed over a serious of time and were submitted for some research reasons.

That's what I got told anyhoo. Doesn't make them any more interestingly ugly though. You'd have to take a fillet off one and give it the taste test I reckon.

[Slient]

That's what I got told anyhoo. Doesn't make them any more interestingly ugly though. You'd have to take a fillet off one and give it the taste test I reckon.


That would be very expensive fillet if test pass... ;D

[R_K_HILL]

SASHIMI MMMMMMMMMM!!!! ;)