Thursday 21 January 2010

Would you like chips with that?

Found the remains of this fish on Whitley Bay beach last Tuesday. Anyone know what it is?

Thanks to Davy T it's now been identified as a Rays Bream (Brama Brama).It is a common bream in southern European waters, less common in northern seas. An open sea fish which migrates northward according to water temperature (really?).

6 comments:

  1. omg - it looks like a piranha....

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  2. Tis a Rays Bream getting washed up all over the place at the mo Tim

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  3. Cheers Davy. I found another 4 on the beach this afternoon.

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  4. Make the most Tim, they are rare as. A deep water fish with a population off Iceland. Mike Hodgson found one at the beginning of December at Ross. See my blog for the 5th I think...

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  5. We had one in Fair Isle see my post...
    http://fair-isle.blogspot.com/2010/10/hello-from-bonnie-fair-isle-shetland.html this is very strange? deep net fishing out casts? just a guess?

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  6. Yours looks more edible than mine Tommy!

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