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Fishing Forum 07-09-2008, 07:03 PM
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Strange Fish

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just wondering if anyone can help as for a while now i've been looking online to try & find an identification chart for all the fish found in british waters with no luck. The reason being is I caught a fish in my crab trap which was around 30cm long with quite a large head which was very similar to a sea horse & a body like an eel but not so rounded or smooth & was brown & black. Unfortunately I dont have a photos but would be very grateful if anyone could help me out.

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Re: Strange Fish

Sounds like some kind of pipefish....seen one or two in my life swimming on the surface but never found one on the beach or up river or even seen one caught....do a search on it and see if its one of those....could be.
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Re: Strange Fish

yep sounds like a definite pipefish to me
The Seahorse face is due to a pipefish being a distinct family of the seahorse
and the body of the eel matches up
a descrption of them are as being a straight-bodied seahorse

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Re: Strange Fish

This should give you a clue:

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/p...epipefish.html


The definitive work for ID is probably:

http://www.fishbase.org/search.php

Type in Pipe Snakefish under Common Name and ...

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Spec...mary.php?id=67

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Re: Strange Fish

Yep, i'd definately go for a Pipefish. I've never caught one, but I've seen them occasionally when I've been snorkeling.
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