Odd little fish in Prawn trap today…

[Go.Fish]

Not sure what it was? It had sores on the front of its snout and by one of its gills. Also one eye was pointed upward, poor little fella wasn’t going to win any beauty contests but he swam back down to 200’

 

[kevind]

Was the netting slimy? It looks like something I’ve seen before on the west coast called it a slim eel as it coated the net and anything else in it with slim. Hard to get off the netting and a big pita.

 

[Chasin' Dreams]

Definitely not a slime eel (Hag fish). Looks a bit like a type of Gunnel fish but the head is a bit too big and long.

 

[Go.Fish]

It wasn’t really slimier than the average fish. It was a square rigid prawn trap (1/2”x1” openings) and he was stuck in the bottom in the shape of a U. His head was inside and his tail was inside totally stuck like the trap landed on it. Not the type and size of fish you’d often see in a trap as he would’ve easily escaped if not for being stuck

 

[Chasin' Dreams]

See if you can send the pic to UBC or BCIT or DFO etc and maybe they can ID it. Curious to know what this little fella is too.

 

[Go.Fish]

See if you can send the pic to UBC or BCIT or DFO etc and maybe they can ID it. Curious to know what this little fella is too.

just sent an email to this address will let you know what they say next week

 

[Seagirt]

This guy will likely give you and answer ghanke@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca . Curator of of the Ichthyology lab at the BC museum.

It sorta resembles a cusk eel but I'm not sure what the juveniles look like.

 

[Rain City]

I've caught dozens of those. You're too shallow at passage lol.

 

[D24M]

Not sure what it was? It had sores on the front of its snout and by one of its gills. Also one eye was pointed upward, poor little fella wasn’t going to win any beauty contests but he swam back down to 200’
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I’ve caught a bunch of these in my prawn traps off Galiano this year. It will be interesting to know what they are.

 

[happy hooker]

Blackbelly Eelpout?

Blackbelly Eelpout

Blackbelly Eelpout, Lycodes pacificus Blackbelly Eelpout, Lycodes pacificus. Fish caught from a pier in Port Alberni, British Columbia, August 2021. Length: 22 cm (8.5 inches). Catch, photograph an…

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[sasqman]

I caught some of those in my prawn traps up around pender harbor a couple weeks ago

 

[StupidityKills]

Definitely an eelpout. I would guess big fin or blackbelly eelpout.

 

[Crali2014]

Slime eels soooo much fun to clean

 

[Chasin' Dreams]

It does look similar to some of the Eelpout's but I can't find any info on an Eelpout species that hangs out in our waters. They are said to be very wide spread around the world though. Interesting to find out if that's what it is and if so what kind of Eelpout if it is one.

 

[Bryan Allen]

It does look similar to some of the Eelpout's but I can't find any info on an Eelpout species that hangs out in our waters. They are said to be very wide spread around the world though. Interesting to find out if that's what it is and if so what kind of Eelpout if it is one.

One reference for eel pouts in BC waters "Family Zoarcidae - eelpouts / lycodes 231 Peden and Anderson (1978) were unable to ascribe definite northern limit on the distribution of Lycodapus dermatinus Gilbert, 1895, but presented evidence which indicated that the!species may be present in British Columbia. Any specimens of the midwater eelpoutgenus Lycodapus should be retained for careful examination." Pretty limited, but the one in the pic sure looks like an eel pout

 

[Go.Fish]

Such a weird name for a fish, fitting for an oddball looking thing. Haven’t found the exact genera yet. Thinking DFO will probably reply on Tuesday, will update when they do. Thanks for the ID that definItely looks like a winner so far. And most likely juvenile based on the size of its eyes in relation to its head