Sailfish
Submitted by santhmoore on Sat, 2012-01-28 00:49
Got these 3 in our moonpool at work at the moment. Amazing fish to watch, any ideas on what they are exactly? They seem to be a blue/silver underneath and a dark grey on top.
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FishOn570
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That's awsoMe where do ya
That's awsoMe where do ya work?
Zack2379
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wanna get me a job there or?
wanna get me a job there or?
santhmoore
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Offshore Brazil, in 3000m of
Offshore Brazil, in 3000m of water.
till
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How about this?
How about this?
santhmoore
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Whats that one Till? Ours
Whats that one Till? Ours looks a fair bit thicker than that, maybe a black marlin?
till
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I don't really get a sense of
I don't really get a sense of scale from your pics, but I thought they were a little scrawny for marlin, although the pces look bigger on the pool fish than the image (which is a spearfish).
southcity104
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How big would you say they are?
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santhmoore
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Probably 7'-8' from tip to
Probably 7'-8' from tip to tip. The pics don't give much scale as Till says but I'm thinking B.Marlin. I should be able to tell in the morning by the top fin.
Lucky Tim
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maybe white marlin? Smallest
maybe white marlin? Smallest of the marlins and caught over that way