mystery fish

[tschopp]

At David's meeting, Henry and I were talking about a strange looking fish I saw in the pacific in Mexico.

I got a couple of pics of it. They are not real good, the fish was about 20 feet away and I was standing on a dock. I would guess the fish body was about 6" long, but the real interesting part was the real long streamers on its fins.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/30156mystery_fish.jpg

[jeyes1]

their scientific name is 'real long streamer fish'

[Benny Z]

clearly it's a ufo's reflection on the water's surface.

[tschopp]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6852267#post6852267 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Benny Z
clearly it's a ufo's reflection on the water's surface.

:lol: Next time I will have to look up ocasionally, typicially just send my time looking into the water.

[Sloeber]

Cool fish but rather common. It's an African Pompano (Alectis ciliaris) and a young one at that. Those streamers disappear once it becomes an adult. Was there more than one of them?

[tschopp]

Thanks Henry,
It was by itself, just swimming out to sea.