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Dactylopterus volitans aka Flying Gurnard

Started by Guest_dredcon_* , Feb 15 2007 11:21 AM

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#1 Guest_dredcon_*

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Posted 15 February 2007 - 11:21 AM

Unfortunately we lost this beauty last night. It was caught off the midnight lump in the Gulf of Mexico in abot 230 feet of water. We were going to hold it in our lab, then it was going to the Aquarium of the Americas, but it didn't make it through the night.

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#2 Guest_dredcon_*

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Posted 15 February 2007 - 11:23 AM

one more

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#3 Guest_chad55_*

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Posted 15 February 2007 - 11:39 AM

Isn't that a type of sea robin?

Chad

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#4 Guest_dredcon_*

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Posted 15 February 2007 - 11:40 AM

Same order, different family. They look close.

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#5 Guest_chad55_*

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Posted 15 February 2007 - 12:35 PM

Ahhh ic...Too bad you guys lost it. Its beautiful. Just wondering...has anybody ever succesfully kept one in the aquarium?

Chad

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#6 Guest_dredcon_*

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Posted 15 February 2007 - 01:03 PM

I'm sure they have. It was caught a few days ago from deep, salty water (~35 ppt). It spent a couple days at ~14ppt, which may have put it in osmotic shock. We put it in 20ppt and were gonna move it slowly back to 35ppt. All the salinity changes along with the temperature and pressure changes did it in. I'm surprised it made it to us alive. It's a shame that such specimen that is so rare in this area die. Atleast the fishermen who caught it tried to save it. Even though it died I was happy just to see a fresh specimen and to document a catch in the northern gulf. Made me miss my searobins though, guess I will have to get some more for our big tank this summer.

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#7 Guest_sandtiger_*

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Posted 15 February 2007 - 01:25 PM

Wow, what a stunning fish. It's a shame it died but like you said, at least you got to have a fresh one in hand. Thanks for sharing!

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#8 Guest_E_americanus_*

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Posted 16 February 2007 - 12:59 AM

wow! what a gorgeous fish! too bad it was lost, but at least it was photo-documented. hopefully other specimens will be found and successfully maintained in the future. again, those colors are amazing--
--solomon

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#9 Guest_Slasher_*

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Posted 19 February 2007 - 02:39 PM

Wow, that's a shame it died. :neutral:

Great looking fish though, I personally never saw anything quite like that. Thanks for sharing.

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#10 Guest_edbihary_*

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Posted 22 February 2007 - 12:07 AM

Its beautiful.

wow! what a gorgeous fish!

You guys are kidding, right? That's just about the ugliest thing I've seen in a long time. Colorful, though. And a shame that it died. Nevertheless, UGLY!