Jellynose Fish
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Printed Date: 04 Jul 2026 at 5:02am
Topic: Jellynose Fish
Posted By: Catchelot
Subject: Jellynose Fish
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2018 at 3:48pm
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A weird and wonderful deep water oogly... From FB; Seriously, it's one I haven't seen before, and it was caught as trawling by-catch in 360m off Eden. I asked Mark McGrouther of the Aust Museum, and Jeff Johnson of the Qld Museum. The combined response is: "It is a species of Jellynose, family Ateleopodidae. Ateleopus occurs off the Qld & NSW coast but the species I am familiar with does not reach this size. Looking up the information on Jellynose Fish, there is very little known about them. They grow to about 950mm, although the fisherman has caught them to possibly 1.1m. Jellynose are deepwater fish (up to 600m) that live on or near the bottom.    ------------- "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau |
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Posted By: Foxtrot Oscar
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2018 at 10:30pm
Blerk!  That looks definitely 'undersized' and should, therefore, be thrown back overboard asap, dead or alive. I'd then raise the anchor and scarper off to somewhere, anywhere, they aren't. I prefer your other 'Catch-of-the-Day'.  ------------- ><(((*> J ><(((*> |