Eldorado Posted September 16, 2019 #1 Share Posted September 16, 2019 "An angler got the shock of his life when he accidentally reeled in this alien-like monster from the deep. "Oscar Lundahl nearly jumped out of his fishing boat when he saw the bizarre-looking species with bulbous eyes on the end of his line, The Sun reports. "The specimen is a ratfish, whose Latin name Chimeras Monstrosa Linnaeus is aptly derived from a Greek mythical monster that had the head of a lion and tail of a dragon. "The fish — a relative of the shark that dates back 300 million years — live in deep water and are very rarely caught." Full report at News dot com Aus: https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/fisherman-catches-alien-fish-with-huge-bulbous-eyes-off-norwegian-island/news-story/7bee99e9f22dd336031d40692636c008 "Fisherman gets shock as he reels in 'dinosaur-like' fish with huge eyes" And at Sky News UK: https://news.sky.com/story/fisherman-gets-shock-as-he-reels-in-dinosaur-like-fish-with-huge-eyes-11811035 Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus at the World Register of Marine Species: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105824 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyche101 Posted September 16, 2019 #2 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Very cool. Thanks for posting 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Smoke aLot Posted September 16, 2019 #3 Share Posted September 16, 2019 I got my eyes on you 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpandMyMind Posted September 16, 2019 #4 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Looks like Mesut Ozil. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllPossible Posted September 16, 2019 #5 Share Posted September 16, 2019 He's the cartoon character of the sea. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qxcontinuum Posted September 16, 2019 #6 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Looks like a giant tadpole 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Smoke aLot Posted September 16, 2019 #7 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Damn how did i miss this part in the article uh oh “It is a bit like cod but tastier,” he said.'' 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote Posted September 16, 2019 #8 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Not cool wanting to harm/kill rare fishes or any fishes at all. Leave them be I says!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucidElement Posted September 16, 2019 #9 Share Posted September 16, 2019 The funny thing is that those fish have horrible eye sight - they can barely see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted September 16, 2019 #10 Share Posted September 16, 2019 I think I know that fish... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpandMyMind Posted September 16, 2019 #11 Share Posted September 16, 2019 44 minutes ago, LucidElement said: The funny thing is that those fish have horrible eye sight - they can barely see. You don't need to see in front of you when your eyes are so big you can see the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hankenhunter Posted September 16, 2019 #12 Share Posted September 16, 2019 (edited) I've reeled up quite a few of these little beasties off North Vancouver Island. I believe they are called rat fish because of the rat like front teeth. The first time I caught one, I could see the eyes reflecting light twenty feet from the surface. Suffice it to say, I had no inclination to try eating one. Unlike the article, most of the ratfish I caught and released were in less than a hundred feet of water. They are fairly common on the north west coast. Edited September 16, 2019 by Hankenhunter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seti42 Posted September 17, 2019 #13 Share Posted September 17, 2019 It looks like the 'tadpole' form of some much larger horror of the deep. Cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobolds Posted September 17, 2019 #14 Share Posted September 17, 2019 did google search on ratfish but none with eyes that huge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwynbleidd Posted September 17, 2019 #15 Share Posted September 17, 2019 I find it very cute surprisingly. It's all in the eyes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucidElement Posted September 17, 2019 #16 Share Posted September 17, 2019 On 9/16/2019 at 11:28 AM, ExpandMyMind said: You don't need to see in front of you when your eyes are so big you can see the future. Totally kidding - i have no idea how there eye sight is. I was making a terrible joke clearly lol. Far from an optometrist lol. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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