Name That Fish!

This gnarly looking fish uses its snout to probe the ocean floor in search of the small fishes and invertebrates to feed on. They are found off of Southern Australia and New Zealand.


Name That Fish!

UPDATE: Elephant fish is correct!

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July 21, 2010 by Clive Mathias

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  • avatar Pierre
    1 year, 6 months ago #

    Elephant fish i guess :-p
    Elephant shark get a weird trump too.

  • avatar GYRO
    1 year, 6 months ago #

    I think it’s some type of chimeara

  • avatar Araret
    1 year, 6 months ago #

    elephant fish!
    real ugly too!

  • avatar Jonathon Marshall
    1 year, 6 months ago #

    RINGU!!!!

  • avatar Clive Mathias
    1 year, 6 months ago #

    Elephant fish is correct, also known as the plough-nose chimaera.

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callorhinchidae

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