help identifying a fish

[birdie]

hello, im not a fisherman but my friend caught this fish this morning at Klein-Brak Southern Cape.

It looks a lot like a Dorado but has a tapered tail. No split tail like a Dorado. It has very huge eyes and the crest is a light salmon color that runs along its entire back. The front of the crest on top of its head is pointed and looks bony.
 
When caught it also squirted ink from its tail end but there is no scales on the fish. It is smooth and silver. I hope you can help me with this.
 

 

[icstuff]

No pic post and we will help

 

[Dorado75]

Welcome to sealine!

Sounds like a very rare big eyed, ink squirting, tapered tailed, crested salmon fish!

 

[birdie]

Hehe thanks for that witty reply...i try and post the pic soon

 

[birdie]

Ok manage to get the pics hope you can help

 

Thanks

 

[birdie]

What is this?

 

[Ziyz]

Hi there. Looks like a type of  oar fish.

Here's some more.

http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=19873&forum_id=1

 

[Noweeds]

Thats a oar fish!
Did he catch it on bait??

 

[birdie]

yes used sardine! Is it unusual? Never seen a fish like this before!

 

[birdie]

thank u! wht a unusual fish, even my friend, being an avid fisherman and knowing most of the fish he never saw such a fish and said it could maybe be a dorado.

thanks again for the info

 

[birdie]

Some more of the oar fish caught of the coast at Klein-Brak River with sardine as bait

 

[flippy]

unusual fish and catch,well done to angler,read a story once of a small group of guys who caught so a fish by hand in stilbaai's river,remember them saying something like fish could hardly swim or dying so made it easy to catch.

 

[Redhawk]

Hi Guys

Did you catch it from a boat or from shore? Did it put up a fight ?

Unusual to see oarfish this close.

 

[birdie]

caught from shore, put up a big fight yes.  Dog got squirted with enough ink to fill 50 parker pens

 

[WalkersKiller]

Yeah definitely am oarfish! Thats such a weird fish to catch haha congrats!

 

[John F]

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[mudcrab]

Crested oarfish (Lophotus Lacepede),a rare mesopelagic species capable of discharging blk ink from an ink sac in the cloaca,feeds on small fish and squid

 

[Poker Player]

What an amazing fish to catch so close to shore ! Well done !

 

[aquadementia]

wow thats unbelievable!!

 

[JJ Pienaar]

aquadementia wrote:

wow thats unbelievable!!

that's so gona be my next target specie's.. What a kwl looking fish hey..