I'm hoping that some of our local experts here can give us some information about this fish? Larry's sister and her husband found this half dead fish while walking the beach on a very low tide yesterday in Juneau. After some calls to the fisheries experts it was determined to be a ragfish. Looking online, there seems to be very little information about ragfish other than they have no skeletal structure. My brother in law said that when they picked it up his fingers all but sunk into the fish.
Anyway, we were hoping Greg and/or others might have additional information about this unusual fish.
Ragfish?
Re: Ragfish?
Wow! It's big! Cool find! I wonder how it wandered into the Sound?
More Pics Than You Have Time To Look AT
"Anyone who thinks this place is over moderated is bat-crazy anarchist." -Ben, Airsix
"Warning: No dive masters are going to be there, Just a bunch of old fat guys taking pictures of fish." -Bassman
"Anyone who thinks this place is over moderated is bat-crazy anarchist." -Ben, Airsix
"Warning: No dive masters are going to be there, Just a bunch of old fat guys taking pictures of fish." -Bassman
Re: Ragfish?
More Pics Than You Have Time To Look AT
"Anyone who thinks this place is over moderated is bat-crazy anarchist." -Ben, Airsix
"Warning: No dive masters are going to be there, Just a bunch of old fat guys taking pictures of fish." -Bassman
"Anyone who thinks this place is over moderated is bat-crazy anarchist." -Ben, Airsix
"Warning: No dive masters are going to be there, Just a bunch of old fat guys taking pictures of fish." -Bassman
Re: Ragfish?
Thanks Tom. That was some interesting information. Somebody from Alaska fisheries is supposed to go out and look at it but we haven't heard anymore about it yet.
Dive by Shooting!!
Kathy
Kathy
- Greg Jensen
- Amphibian
- Posts: 857
- Joined: Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:02 am
Re: Ragfish?
I haven't had any experience with this species. Milton Love's big book has a summary of what is known about it.
Re: Ragfish?
Thanks Greg! Sounds like its time for another trip to the book store!
Dive by Shooting!!
Kathy
Kathy
Re: Ragfish?
Should have drug it into the water and recorded it on a reef survey!
More Pics Than You Have Time To Look AT
"Anyone who thinks this place is over moderated is bat-crazy anarchist." -Ben, Airsix
"Warning: No dive masters are going to be there, Just a bunch of old fat guys taking pictures of fish." -Bassman
"Anyone who thinks this place is over moderated is bat-crazy anarchist." -Ben, Airsix
"Warning: No dive masters are going to be there, Just a bunch of old fat guys taking pictures of fish." -Bassman