New fish species

baghira · January 16, 2009, 20:43:48 CET

Its look isnt that inviting huh!!

shanook · January 17, 2009, 18:26:36 CET

its better if we know what it tastes like. The_gaffer called the scabbard fish (ugly son of a bitch) but it tastes very good. So lets hope that its taste are better than its looks otherwise it will be thumbs down.

nemo · June 04, 2009, 17:03:20 CET

imma din s sena kull ma rajt xi tnejn trumpet fish u s sena l ohra dejjem kont nara xi tmienja kull meta ninzel. rajtuhom li naqsu din s sena?

Seahunter · June 05, 2009, 08:56:03 CET

Jien fix-xitwa ltajt ma' qtajja ta l-fuq minn 30, imma kienu zghar dejjem.

SPITEC · September 10, 2009, 18:05:36 CET

Today me and my firend caught an Atlantic Tripletail and took it alive to Torri ta' San Lucjan.I hope they can keep it alive.Very strange fish.

mulett75 · September 10, 2009, 19:08:33 CET

Have you shot a photo?

baghira · September 10, 2009, 20:07:20 CET

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This year I meat a very big one and I caught it.
When I took it home and tried to clean it, it smelt like (maghtab)......
The day after I had to throw it away...... Jaqqqqqqqqqq

SPITEC · September 10, 2009, 20:09:17 CET

No charles but it's the same one in the first page of this topic.Atlantic Tripletail (Lobotes Surinamensis).

clutch_kick · September 14, 2009, 20:12:31 CET

I saw a triple-tail today. It was about 2.5 inches long, and i was amazed watching it hunt the little fish close to the quay.

MCFS San Lucjan · October 16, 2009, 10:50:20 CET

Quote from: SPITEC on September 10, 2009, 18:05:36 CET
Today me and my firend caught an Atlantic Tripletail and took it alive to Torri ta' San Lucjan.I hope they can keep it alive.Very strange fish.

Yes Spitec, it's still alive but not on display yet. Hope to put it in one of the display aquaria soon, when we open again in November.

Ray Caruana
Aquaculture Officer
MCFS Education

clutch_kick · October 16, 2009, 13:17:00 CET

Hi Ray! This triple-tail discussion is interesting. I have seen the fish on 3 occasions already, as I said on my previous post, it was barely 3 inches long. Am quite positive that I I.D.'d the fish correctly, I don't know of any other mediterranean fish that looks and swims like an african leaf fish.

Is the ballast water in ships to blame here?

SPITEC · October 16, 2009, 14:15:11 CET

Hi Ray,
saw another 2 at the same place we caught that one last week and another one this week at Bugibba but it was a little bit bigger and more yellowish(maybe because the sea is much less poluted than that of Marsaxlokk).I am very happy that it is still alive.

shanook · October 16, 2009, 18:19:08 CET

When i checked the boat mooring at bugibba there was one as well about 4 inches long. Do San lucian need live ones spitec.

shanook · October 16, 2009, 18:21:21 CET

MCFS San Lucian when u need live fish let us know. If we can help we will be more than willing to oblige...........And I hope that I am speaking in the name of all forum members on this one!

SPITEC · October 16, 2009, 18:27:26 CET

I don't know shanook if they need live fish but when I catch a strange wish which I don't know what it is or never seen one like it I take it there.Even when we saw the triple tail,we caught it with the landing net and took it there.Once we took another strange fish which I don't remember what it was but it died.