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Alecitis ciliaris
ID by nigel.brennan - thankyou ... :) Body length is about 4cm with a very long 'strands banners'. IT'S NOT A LONG EXPOSURE MOVEMENT TRAIL, they're the dorsal and anal fin. Pectoral fins were round and thick, looked like leaves, Pelvic fins were quite long and splitted. Colour: silver - turquoise - royal blue - metallic light green. Surprisingly, it's a very fast swimmer.
Saltwater
Found this 'fantasyland' fish at the surface eating some water bugs in a similar way as a gold fish. It was dark (19:30hrs), could not focus my camera properly.
Spotted on Feb 16, 2012
Submitted on Feb 22, 2012
11 Comments
:-) You're welcome
Special thanks to nigel.brennan, S Frazier and Argybee for spending their precious time on this little fish :)
Mystery solved, case closed :)
Well done nigel. In Aus it seems to be called Thread-fin Jack.
http://www.oceanwideimages.com/Large-Ima...
I've been searching for bizarre fish with modified fins: strands...but no luck...
Elaborate Siamese fighting fish. But in saltwater?
Yep ... Royal Motor Yacht Club berth No. 74 to be precise :) I touched it's fin and whoooz ... it went down in a flash.
Is the map accurate? Pittwater marina? I'm thinking maybe an escaped pet ! :) Otherwise I'm not very knowledgeable about fish. It certainly is a mysterious looking thing. Did it seem healthy and moving well?
Argybee, you've got to help me with this one :) Do you think it's a juvenile one? I went to the same spot at the same time everyday, no luck :(
Fantastic. I have to follow this one. Can you go back with a good light?
S Frazier, I had a good 5 minutes to observe this fish, it's truly amazing. So gracious and sort of glowing in the dark, too!
Wow. This is a mystery to me. Can't wait to find out!