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hexagon
04-18-2006, 12:58 PM
I was with the boyfriend and we stopped in a pet shop the other day. We were looking at the salt water fish and we saw something I've never seen before. It was labeled as r____ shark (I can't remember the first name). The fish was long and somewhat skinny, black with yellow (possibly red), a flat head with ridges going across, and a shovel bottom lip. It has to have been one of the coolest fish I've ever seen and I've been trying to figure out what it was. Any Ideas?
Oddball
04-18-2006, 1:24 PM
Did it look like this guy?:
hexagon
04-18-2006, 1:32 PM
Did it look like this guy?:
No. The whole body was black and the red / yellow was on the flat part of the head and possibly fins..
water_baby83
04-18-2006, 2:06 PM
If it looks anything like oddball posted, more than likely it's a Ornate Wobbegong Shark (which are classified in the "carpet shark" family). They are awsome - but can get pretty big, sooo, yeah LOL. Anywho, if so, let us know and we can fill ya in some more -k-
--Em
Oddball
04-18-2006, 2:13 PM
Sorry. But that description fits a Solon fairy wrasse better than it does a shark. Instead of putting the board through the wringer, why not just go back to the shop and shoot a pic? You'll have an ID alot faster that way.
hexagon
04-18-2006, 2:38 PM
Sorry. But that description fits a Solon fairy wrasse better than it does a shark. Instead of putting the board through the wringer, why not just go back to the shop and shoot a pic? You'll have an ID alot faster that way.
No car. I'd have to wait a few days. I'll try to get a ride there tonight.
I don't mean to be a pain. I was looking all last night to try to find it. I'll post in this thread again when I get a picture.
water_baby83
04-18-2006, 3:41 PM
No car. I'd have to wait a few days. I'll try to get a ride there tonight.
I don't mean to be a pain. I was looking all last night to try to find it. I'll post in this thread again when I get a picture.
you weren't being a pain, LOL, he didn't mean it that way, it's just that it is really hard to give you a positive I.D w/o a pic, or extremly detailed description. For example - what you call "red" could just as easily be classified as a "rusty" color, not red, so if we were thinking red, we would go the wrong direction. But yeah, as soon as you can, a pic would be great. Thanx!
hexagon
04-18-2006, 10:16 PM
you weren't being a pain, LOL, he didn't mean it that way, it's just that it is really hard to give you a positive I.D w/o a pic, or extremly detailed description. For example - what you call "red" could just as easily be classified as a "rusty" color, not red, so if we were thinking red, we would go the wrong direction. But yeah, as soon as you can, a pic would be great. Thanx!
I couldn't get a ride tonight so I finally found the number to the store. I called. And of course I got the person who doesn't know the difference from a fish or a cracker. It was a remora. I guess I had never seen one close up.. And I also didn't think they came in pitch black and a vibrant yellow and red. I asked him about the coloring and he just went "uhhhhhh...." :shakehead But I feel kinda dumb because I've always known about them.. but we always just called them suckers. haha.
Here are pictures of the two most common species, the stripes one comes in several shades and is the sharksucker (Echineus neucratoides) and gets 44" long, the other is the common remora (Remora remora) and gets around 34"
hexagon
04-19-2006, 3:13 AM
Here are pictures of the two most common species, the stripes one comes in several shades and is the sharksucker (Echineus neucratoides) and gets 44" long, the other is the common remora (Remora remora) and gets around 34"
The color thing is still bugging me. Haha. That's what caught my attention in the first place. Oh well. I'll figure it out next time I go to the store.
MrRngr94
04-19-2006, 3:28 AM
My cousin caught one of those when we were fishing the bay once. It was the oddest looking fish we'd ever seen. We couldn't tell wich end was up! lol
His looked like this one.
http://www.workingmancharters.com/ling_with_a_remora_527.jpg
hexagon
04-19-2006, 1:21 PM
My cousin caught one of those when we were fishing the bay once. It was the oddest looking fish we'd ever seen. We couldn't tell wich end was up! lol
His looked like this one.
http://www.workingmancharters.com/ling_with_a_remora_527.jpg
The top part, the sucker was the vibrant color.. The red or yellow. They are so odd looking. I love it.
TankBuster
04-19-2006, 1:26 PM
TFH January 2006 page 36 in the salt water Q&A has a quick article/question about them, little bit of info about keeping them in captivity.
I was with the boyfriend and we stopped in a pet shop the other day. We were looking at the salt water fish and we saw something I've never seen before. It was labeled as r____ shark (I can't remember the first name). The fish was long and somewhat skinny, black with yellow (possibly red), a flat head with ridges going across, and a shovel bottom lip. It has to have been one of the coolest fish I've ever seen and I've been trying to figure out what it was. Any Ideas?
Answer REMORA!