tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post886661121891585199..comments2024-01-20T00:32:30.360-08:00Comments on Jon Schwartz's Blog: Fishing, Big Fish Photography, and Travel: Giant Headless Mystery Fish Baffles Fishermen and ScientistsJon Schwartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10516155473363747495noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-3689701962686024072013-01-11T22:02:44.368-08:002013-01-11T22:02:44.368-08:00its a Cutlass fish we have them here in South GA &...its a Cutlass fish we have them here in South GA "SSI" they get really big and taste horrible.<br />ksmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13349850372070113565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-59356690378298877362013-01-09T11:39:07.092-08:002013-01-09T11:39:07.092-08:00http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5...http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Assurger_anzac.jpg<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Assurger_anzac.jpg<br /><br />I tend to believe it is/was what is posted above in the links provided. I tended away from the razorback based on dorsal fin size, shape, and coloring. opinion based on side by side picture analysis mainly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00747759847398801673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-42299902044726131452013-01-09T11:12:33.202-08:002013-01-09T11:12:33.202-08:00Like the others said, It looks like a large ribbon...Like the others said, It looks like a large ribbonfish. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-21378804825059280452013-01-09T09:35:42.898-08:002013-01-09T09:35:42.898-08:00Here is a pic of the razorback scabbard http://www...Here is a pic of the razorback scabbard http://www.fpir.noaa.gov/Graphics/OBS/obs_other_fish/obs_razorback_scabbardfish/obs_razorback_scabbardfish1.jpg<br /> <br />This one has actually been caught around Hawaii, unlike many similar or smaller species people are mentioning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-53071403930332037392013-01-09T08:58:58.963-08:002013-01-09T08:58:58.963-08:00Definitely a Scabbard fish, but unusual for that s...Definitely a Scabbard fish, but unusual for that size in the upper Pacific. Generally found in south Pacific. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-8761468043370862712013-01-09T08:37:27.637-08:002013-01-09T08:37:27.637-08:00I must agree with the Razorback scabbard fish, wit...I must agree with the Razorback scabbard fish, without no visible discrepancies and common enough in size.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razorback_scabbardfishAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-52750163521923342352013-01-09T08:34:10.636-08:002013-01-09T08:34:10.636-08:00I must agree with the Razorback scabbard fish, wit...I must agree with the Razorback scabbard fish, without no visible discrepancies and common enough in size.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razorback_scabbardfishAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-86040062810950670772013-01-09T07:19:13.957-08:002013-01-09T07:19:13.957-08:00It appears to be Trichiurus lepturus - the Atlant...It appears to be Trichiurus lepturus - the Atlantic Cutlassfish a/k/a the Ribbonfish. However, as this was caught off of Kona in the Pacific, it probably is not of the Atlantic variety. The guy that found this is pretty brave (or stupid) to try to eat the dead carcass of an unidentified fish he found floating by. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-49929730656328333692013-01-09T05:55:55.339-08:002013-01-09T05:55:55.339-08:00Related to the Ribbon Fish or Cutlass Fish. I used...Related to the Ribbon Fish or Cutlass Fish. I used to catch them from my boat slip in Galveston, Tx, and they have a mouth full of menacing teeth, sometimes stealing half of a trout I had on a line. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-6283837382388948202013-01-09T05:07:23.954-08:002013-01-09T05:07:23.954-08:00i think that this is Trahipterus trahypterus known...i think that this is Trahipterus trahypterus known as silwer sword fish. I have captured some but smaller this summer in Croatiamarinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-69520129606566184382013-01-09T04:51:25.011-08:002013-01-09T04:51:25.011-08:00Hi,
It surely is a Scabbardfish. It's not the ...Hi,<br />It surely is a Scabbardfish. It's not the black one, but the probabily a huge silver scabbardfish. In Portugal, especially in Madeira islands it is best served fried like fishfingers with lemon slices and tomatosaused rice.<br />I have been working at SeaExpert-Azores company on the deep-sea shark by-catch of the black scabbardfish fisheries near Lisbon.<br />best regards and congrats!<br />Sidónio Paes Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-90951473695652103762013-01-09T03:28:39.581-08:002013-01-09T03:28:39.581-08:00thanks for the pics.thanks for the pics.band photographyhttp://www.rockpaperphoto.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-64445041271534947412013-01-08T18:08:42.211-08:002013-01-08T18:08:42.211-08:00After reading all the comments, I searched on cut...After reading all the comments, I searched on cutlass fish, belt fish, and haitail. I got the same pages every time. Are all those names for the same fish?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-73550707981172113192013-01-08T18:08:17.573-08:002013-01-08T18:08:17.573-08:00After reading all the comments, I searched on cut...After reading all the comments, I searched on cutlass fish, belt fish, and haitail. I got the same pages every time. Are all those names for the same fish?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-71675990769142165612013-01-08T17:06:03.972-08:002013-01-08T17:06:03.972-08:00Hey, I want to say that I've caught one of tho...Hey, I want to say that I've caught one of those fish but it wasn't nearly as big as yours. However, from what I remember was that whatever it was that we caught had no scales, has a really slick and very chrome looking skin, and almost looked like tape in the aspect that it didn't really have a belly. I was fishing off the coast of Cuba when we pulled a couple in. My buddy just said it was an eel and we left it at that. We made that assumption based off of the shape of the head. I couldn't find a image of anything like it on google so now I'm intrigued. Good luck figuring it out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-14214060251469285432013-01-08T16:57:18.500-08:002013-01-08T16:57:18.500-08:00It sure appears to be a hairtail of the type we ge...It sure appears to be a hairtail of the type we get here in eastern Australia. Yes, they certainly and commonly do grow to that length.Friend For Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11614569977904244568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-77265763225739250972013-01-08T16:54:30.531-08:002013-01-08T16:54:30.531-08:00Sure looks like the Haitail we have here in Easter...Sure looks like the Haitail we have here in Eastern Australia. They certainly do grow to that size.Friend For Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11614569977904244568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-83649373552434615262013-01-08T16:41:52.030-08:002013-01-08T16:41:52.030-08:00Silver Scabbard Fish
Guess you'll never Reall...Silver Scabbard Fish<br /><br />Guess you'll never Really know...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-76751899737183116092013-01-08T16:29:14.011-08:002013-01-08T16:29:14.011-08:00looked like an arowana in its body structure but n...looked like an arowana in its body structure but no scales and the head looks pretty narrow Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-29124909758271724452013-01-08T16:22:17.589-08:002013-01-08T16:22:17.589-08:00Its called a Cutlass fish here in Trinidad and Tob...Its called a Cutlass fish here in Trinidad and Tobago. We have tons of them down here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-4804521874431653742013-01-08T15:34:45.406-08:002013-01-08T15:34:45.406-08:00I think I've got your fish - it has been encou...I think I've got your fish - it has been encountered in the Hawaii longline fishery before, it grows to over 8 ft, and can't see any discrepancies in the pics to shots of this one - it is the Razorback scabbardfish, <i>Assurger anzac</i>, a species of cutlassfish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-2391593287487885362013-01-08T15:20:36.074-08:002013-01-08T15:20:36.074-08:00It looks exactly like belt fish. In China it was o...It looks exactly like belt fish. In China it was one of the most common fish to eat before '80s. They are consumed less and more expensive now due to over fishing. If you are in US, you can find them in most Chinese grocery stores.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-86179821926784600652013-01-08T14:47:19.797-08:002013-01-08T14:47:19.797-08:00I'm an ichthyologist and it definitely does NO...I'm an ichthyologist and it definitely does NOT look like an oarfish (or any Lampriform fish for that matter). Looks like you got a headless cutlassfish (Family Trichiuridae). Hard to tell exactly which species, but several of them reach the size shown in your pictures. Might be Trichiurus lepturus?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-50347495230597193962013-01-07T18:33:18.537-08:002013-01-07T18:33:18.537-08:00I second that based on an obligatory Internet sear...I second that based on an obligatory Internet search.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2823199775014260533.post-54893542328503200142013-01-06T21:17:28.026-08:002013-01-06T21:17:28.026-08:00Looks like a ribbonfish. Had a to of them in Virgi...Looks like a ribbonfish. Had a to of them in Virginia this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com