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Fascinating fish - MichaelAngelo - 04-27-2012 03:21 PM
I was googling "sunfish" and found....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_sunfish
![[Image: 735px-Sunfish2.jpg]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Sunfish2.jpg/735px-Sunfish2.jpg)
So amazing!
Also reminds me of the oarfish:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oarfish
![[Image: oarfish-oarfishdockhor_03.jpg]](http://whyevolutionistrue.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/oarfish-oarfishdockhor_03.jpg)
What truly epic creatures.
RE: Fascinating fish - MuskieBait - 04-30-2012 05:59 PM
People in San Diego has actually caught them fairly with squid. Ocean Sunfish feed on jellyfish as their main diet, but occasionally will chew on squid as well. There are 4 related species - Ocean Sunfish, Southern Sunfish, Slender Sunfish and Sharptail Sunfish. They are actually placed under the Tetraodontiformes order (pufferfish and filefish). They are one of the coolest fish on Earth (to me at least).
The one in the picture looks to have some parasitic growth on its face...and maybe some fin damages as well...poor thing...
An oarfish (the one in the picture is actually called King of Herring officially...an oarfish species) would be an epic catch as well! They live in deep water and only surface when they are dying (or dead). Fishing for them is more like finding a needle in a haystack...but I can only imagine what an epic fight that long serpentine body can give in deep water.
RE: Fascinating fish - MichaelAngelo - 05-02-2012 09:18 PM
San Diego? Fascinating! They must wander into the bay? Or off the coast?
My DREAM:
![[Image: sunfish_12.jpg]](http://img.izismile.com/img/img2/20090506/bonus/6/sunfish_12.jpg)
RE: Fascinating fish - Alex.D. - 06-23-2012 01:41 PM
I dont know what i would do if i seen that thing at the end of my line!LOL
RE: Fascinating fish - MuskieBait - 06-23-2012 10:32 PM
I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to put both on my Life List.
If either one is ever on the end of my line, my knees would be buckling because the adrenline would be running sky high! I would be sooooo very scared to losing it I probably can't fight them properly
RE: Fascinating fish - MichaelAngelo - 06-24-2012 09:29 AM
(06-23-2012 10:32 PM)MuskieBait Wrote: I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to put both on my Life List.
If either one is ever on the end of my line, my knees would be buckling because the adrenline would be running sky high! I would be sooooo very scared to losing it I probably can't fight them properly
Hands down, one of those moments of a lifetime. Needle in a haystack odds.