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01-17-2006, 05:23 PM
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What kind of fish is this?
A strange looking sea creature washed up on the shores of Cayman Brac this weekend.
Layman Scott found the fish while walking along the beach early Sunday morning. It is roughly thirty inches long, more than half of which is a long, eel-like tail attached to a fish body. It has pale pink scales, pectoral fins, a dorsal fin and a small feathery fin on its belly.
Local fishermen say they have not seen a creature quite like this before. It has boney bristles all along its spine, right down to the tip of its tail and small sharp teeth, which curve slightly inward.
The sighting has been reported to the Department of Environment, but meanwhile, The Bracker and Little Caymanian is inviting readers to see if they can identify this fish.
nicky@caymannetnews.com
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01-17-2006, 05:27 PM
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Where's the bag of trix?
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wow it looks prehistoric...I will email John Binns to se if he knows anything (he is more up on Cayman Island stuff then I am)
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01-17-2006, 06:22 PM
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Where around the island was he found by the big reef they take all the tourist or the local spot??
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01-17-2006, 06:23 PM
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Where's the bag of trix?
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I know nothing..this is the first I am hearing about this
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01-17-2006, 06:38 PM
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With the look of it it kind of looks like one of those deep sea dwelling fish. They get really freaky looking.
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01-17-2006, 06:43 PM
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Yeah those dudes look freaky to like the one with the fishing pole on its head with a lure that glows.
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01-17-2006, 06:45 PM
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Yeah, I agree with Brian. It's unusual for something like that to make it to a beach without being eaten by something. If a storm or methane gas release or volcanic activity or something churned it up from the deep, it would likely have died from having it's swim bladder overexpanded and it wouldn't have been able to go back down. But, I'm surprised it made it to shore.
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