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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-D89ED647-F27F-4018-B3AF-0A5B4089C28E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=gb2312 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There are some lovely videos of this little fish on YouTube, for example thi= s one: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3DOVFk_XXJMq8 --- Peter Payzant > On Oct 12, 2017, at 14:56, Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > Thanks Billy and Jeannie for more information. >=20 > I sent the extra information to my contact at DFO, who had to forward it t= o someone who spends time in CBI. Here is the response: >=20 > Almost definitely Dactylopterus volitans - Flying Gurnard. These come u= p in the warmer water and then get trapped in bays and coves when the water c= ools off. They stay in the warmer water of the bay until it too gets too co= ld and then they wash up on beaches. About 3 years ago there was a school o= f several hundred which washed up on Clam Harbour Beach. The same year there= were also a few found on Janvrin Island next to Isle Madame and Point Micha= ud Beach. >=20 > =20 >=20 > Unfortunately for this little guy, I would say that his days are numbered.= >=20 > =20 >=20 > Bill MacEachern >=20 >=20 >=20 > We have no representatives of this species, or family, in the collection a= t StFX. This, or any other weird fish would be greatly accepted. If you coll= ect one for us, just plop it in the freezer with a note including, date, loc= ation, who caught it, and any other details that may be important (e.g. "was= hed up on the beach", "was in the stomach of the tuna I caught"). >=20 >=20 >=20 > Randy >=20 >=20 > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. >=20 >> On 12 October 2017 at 11:13, bdigout <bdigout@seaside.ns.ca> wrote: >> If this helps distinguish between the two, it was 3-4 in. in length, fla= pping like a bird. Stationary at times, with only it's nose out of the wate= r. >>=20 >>> On 10 Oct 2017 15:39, Randy Lauff wrote: >>>=20 >>=20 >>> Billy, >>> =20 >>> I forwarded your pictures to former students of mine now working at DFO,= Jamie Emberley and Irene Andrushchenko. Here are the responses: >>> =20 >>> "I think it could be a tres cool northern striped gurnard (P. evolans)..= . But Jamie=A1=AFs a pessimist and is disagreeing with me on that, citing th= e quality of the pictures. That having been said, he deals with fish ID abo= ut 10,000 times a year to my once (now twice, thanks to this email!), so I w= ould take his word over mine any day." >>> =20 >>>=20 >>> =20 >>> "Hi Randy! Really difficult to say. It definitely has potential to be a= Sea Robin and Irene may be correct with P. evolans. But it would be very di= fficult to get a confirmed ID on this. It also has some characteristics of f= lying gurnard (Family Dactylopteridae) but they are less common. Difficult t= o see if the pectorals are spread fully. Is this pic taken of the fish swim= ming at the surface? Pretty cool to see." >>> =20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> Randy >>> _________________________________ >>> RF Lauff >>> Way in the boonies of >>> Antigonish County, NS. >>>=20 >>>> On 10 October 2017 at 12:43, John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> wro= te: >>>> Please send away; will not guarantee an ID, but don=A1=AFt mind lookin= g. >>>>=20 >>>> I'm now 65; when I was in school, my father was Port Technician for the= Fisheries Research Board in Yarmouth. He brought home a number of weird sp= ecimens. At some time in the mid-60's I do remember a sea robin coming home= . Don't know where it was caught, though! >>>>=20 >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.= ca] On Behalf Of bdigout >>>> Sent: October 10, 2017 11:32 AM >>>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>>> Subject: [NatureNS] fish id? >>>>=20 >>>> Could anyone help with a fish id? Jeannie Shermerhorn took a picture of= this fish that was "flying" through the water in the St. Peter's Canal. >>>> I can send a photo. Possibly a Sea Robin, although I didn't think they v= entured this far north. >>>> Billy >>>>=20 >> =20 >>=20 >> =20 >=20 --Apple-Mail-D89ED647-F27F-4018-B3AF-0A5B4089C28E Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div></div><div>There are some lovely video= s of this little fish on YouTube, for example this one:</div><div><br></div>= <div><a href=3D"https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3DOVFk_XXJMq8">https://m.youtu= be.com/watch?v=3DOVFk_XXJMq8</a></div><div><br></div><div>--- Peter Payzant<= /div><div><br>On Oct 12, 2017, at 14:56, Randy Lauff <<a href=3D"mailto:r= andy.lauff@gmail.com">randy.lauff@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blo= ckquote type=3D"cite"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks Billy and Jeannie for mor= e information.<div><br></div><div>I sent the extra information to my contact= at DFO, who had to forward it to someone who spends time in CBI. Here is th= e response:</div><div><br></div><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"c= olor:rgb(31,73,125)">Almost definitely <i>Dactylopterus volitans - </i> Flying Gurnard.</span><span style=3D"color:= rgb(31,73,125)"> These come up in the warmer water and then get trapped in bays and coves when the water cools off. They stay in the warmer water of the bay until it too gets too cold and then they wash up on beaches. About 3 years ago there was a school of several hundred which= washed up on Clam Harbour Beach. The same year there were also a few found o= n Janvrin Island next to Isle Madame and Point Michaud Beach.</span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></p= > <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:rgb(31,73,125)">Unfortunately fo= r this little guy, I would say that his days are numbered.<span></span></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></p= > <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:rgb(31,73,125)">Bill <span>= </span></span><span style=3D"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">= Mac