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logo 11/27/2024 12:42:49 PM     
What is this unusual fish washed up on the shore? 
By Eanna Ní Lamhna IR Source: irishtimes 12/16/2023
Eanna Ní Lamhna
Credit: John-Mark Dick
This unusual fish was on the tideline one evening in early November. It was about 10cm long and I think it must be a boar fish, which is usually a deepwater creature.
 

That’s what it is. The boar fish occurs along the western coasts of Britain and Ireland. As you say, it lives at depths of 50-100m and feeds on small crustaceans and marine worms. It pulls these out of the seabed with its extendable mouth, which forms into a tube. Its very large eyes are typical of fish that live at depths beyond natural light. This one must have been washed up by gales.

 
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