What's this fishy thing?

[samwilliams]

Can anyone help me identify what this is? I think it's probably some kind of shark, about 5-6 feet long with neon spikes (apparently!) along its back. Found somewhere in the mid-Atlantic. More importantly, how dangerous are they likely to be?!

Edited by samwilliams on Sunday 31st January 13:04

[Urban Sports]

A big fish

[Pesty]

don;t know but I bet its tasty on a BBQ

[soad]

Tuna?

[Ayahuasca]

It's a lesser boxfish.

[Lost soul]

soad said:

Tuna?

[robinhood21]

It has to be a ghost fish as I cannot see the photo.

[soad]

robinhood21 said:

It has to be a ghost fish as I cannot see the photo.

Neither can i now, but it worked fine 5-odd minutes ago. Very strange.

I still say it's tuna, yellow fin one perhaps.

[samwilliams]

soad said:

robinhood21 said:

It has to be a ghost fish as I cannot see the photo.

Neither can i now, but it worked fine 5-odd minutes ago. Very strange.

I still say it's tuna, yellow fin one perhaps.

Sorted it now - not sure why it disappeared.

Thanks, by the way. It does seem to look like tuna. Apparently about 8 of them have been barging into my friend's boat all morning - she was starting to get a little concerned they'd break something!

[bridgdav]

Yellowfin Tuna

[Pothole]

get her to gaffe one, freshest sushi ever!

[rolex]

I think it's a boat

[SimonV8ster]

Would Tuna come up to a boat ?? I though they would be in a pack rather that a couple.

[rolex]

barracuda?

[DangerousMike]

its probably worth quite a lot of money (or is that a different kind of tuna?)

[VetteG]

rolex said:

barracuda?

Definitely not! Another one for the tuna, look at the second one in the picture.

G

[philthy]

I agree with Bridgdav:

[indi pearl]

They are increasingly rare Blue Fin Tuna who migrate across the Atlantic to spawn if they can avoid the fishing fleets hunting them.Now officialy an endangered species.

[grumbledoak]

Am I the only one to find it a little funny that there really is someone on a boat in the mid Altantic who cannot tell Tuna from sharks?

Tell her not to go for a dip. Ever.

[philthy]

grumbledoak said:

Am I the only one to find it a little funny that there really is someone on a boat in the mid Altantic who cannot tell Tuna from sharks?

Tell her not to go for a dip. Ever.

I'll tell you what I'm amazed by. Someone can take a photo of a fish, in the middle of the Atlantic, email it to a friend, who can then get it identified by a popular motoring forum !

Progress eh ?