Found helplessly floating on a toy boat in the middle of a pool. Was released back into the wild.
A small (30-35 kg) stiped marlin caught on a lure near a school of small (less than 1 kg) skipjack tuna. Released. Water depth 176 m.
Large patch of parasitic copepods (?Gloiopotes huttoni) above the anal fin.
UW images are frame grabs from a GoPro Hero5.
Observation and images courtesy of Con Fowler.
Images copyright Con Fowler.
Same observation as that posted by Everett Madsen on June 14th.
Mature female and male; station KAH0503/055
Orange Valley, Fish Market, Caught in the Gulf of Paria, Trinidad
Part of movie, GIF image.
Mating behaviour.
Credits: @lachyymiller on IG
Permission given to upload.
A shrimper pulled up the first Goblin shark observed in the Gulf of Mexico since 2010. The length was estimated to be about 15 feet. Location approximate from news reports.
avec Rémy Dubas, Lucas Bérenger et d'autres. Un moment inoubliable
at least 2 individuals
Seen from the shore in Rockport, MA.
Sent to me by a recreational fisher.
ID based in tooth count (~27 rostral teeth) and spacing of teeth which are wider at base of rostrum.
Station KAH 9501-077, scampi trawl
Two smalltooth sawfish videoed by graduate student Allyson Demerlis at the Darwin Beach, Virginia Key, Florida.
One of my friends took this picture. It could be the rare north Atlantic right whale.
Locals claimed it before any measurements could be taken. Photo captured by Gerrie Heyns
Lo-fi screen grabs from a video gratefully provided by a recreational fisher. Estimated length 2.4m (approx. 8ft). ID based on rostral tooth count (26R, 25L), rostral teeth placement (teeth noticeably closer together at the tip than the base of rostrum), and first dorsal fin placement (completely behind pelvic fin origin).
Detailed info in English: http://life-on-earth.ru/amu-darya-and-syr-darya-shovelnose-sturgeons/amu-darya-shovelnose-sturgeons-conservation-uzbekistan
Detailed info in Russian: http://life-on-earth.ru/amudarinskie-lopatonosy/amudarinskie-lopatonosy-proekt-sokhraneniya-uzbekistan
The photos:
Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni caught in Amu Darya River (near Khanka, Khorezm, Uzbekistan) in 2015. The photo was taken in Khorezm Mamun Academy in Khiva (a branch of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan) where the fish was kept in captivity for several years for conservation purposes.
Detailed info: http://life-on-earth.ru/sokhranenie-bioraznoobraziya/amudarinskie-lopatonosy-kyzylkum
Juweniles of various ages of Вig broadnose form of Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni caught in Aprile 2005 as bycatch in the middle stream of Amu Darya River flowing between Kyzylkum and Karakum Deserts (Kyzylravat, Uzbekistan).
Detailed info: http://life-on-earth.ru/sokhranenie-bioraznoobraziya/amudarinskie-lopatonosy-reka-vakhsh-tadzhikistan
Photos 1-19:
Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni (Small narrownose form) caught in the lower stream of Vakhsh River (Tadjikistan) in 2012-2013 for conservation purposes and its eggs (on various stages of theier development) and larva (the photos of eggs and larva were taken by Dmitry Balashov - a member of EARAZA the most rare Eurasian sturgeons conservation group).
The last photo:
Alexey Chernyak with Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni (Вig broadnose form) caught at the same place in 2012 for conservation purposes (Вig broadnose form is a rare guest in Vakhsh River coming from Amu Darya River time to time.
Detailed info: http://life-on-earth.ru/sokhranenie-bioraznoobraziya/sakhalinskij-osetr-nizovya-reki-tumnin-khabarovskij-kraj
The photos 1-5:
A juvenile of Acipenser mikadoi caught as bycatch in the lower stream of Tumnin River in June 2008 (juveniles of Acipenser mikadoi are living and developing in Tumnin River for several years before going to sea);
the photos 6-15:
Females of Acipenser mikadoi caught in the lower stream of Tumnin River during spawning period in May-June 2008 for conservation purposes (propagation);
the photos 16-20:
Eggs of Acipenser mikadoi on various stages of development (2015). The eggs were got from a wild female caught in the lower stream of Tumnin River in June 2015 and were fertilized by sperm which were got from males of 2008 generation - a result of propagation of wild females and males from Tumnin River in 2008. The photos of eggs were taken in June 2015 in Anyuy Fishery of the Russian Fishery Agency in Nanay People Area (Khabarovsk Region, Russia) about 600 km from the spawning area of Acipenser mikadoi in Tumnin River. The reserve groups of several generations of Acipenser mikadoi are kept in Anyuy Fishery as a result of conservation efforts initiated in 2007 by Viktor Khrisanfov - an eminent sturgeon specialist in cooperation with Alexey Chernyak.
Caught by my friend on the right - checked for a tag, measured, and quickly released.
First time this individual was caught - tagged, measured, and released back into the river.
Based on info about the swans in Massachusetts, this is most likely a Mute Swan.
This pair of now extinct Golden Toads was photographed at the entrance to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve where they were kept for visitors to the park to see since their observance in the wild was limited to only a few days a year during the onset of their breeding season (late May & early June). This species is sexually dimorphic, the males are bright orange or yellow and females are dark brown with red spots.
Collected from FRV Kapala midwater trawl: station K79-19-05; seabed depth 4550-4730 m, capture depth 0-640 m. (AMS specimen I.21367-001).
TL:266mm
Weight:255g
Yolk diameter:About 80mm
It was extracted from a fished adult.
One of three juveniles tagged and released.
c. 2.8 m TL
Observation and images courtesy of Michael Gerring.
Big American eel
Finally I got a bird I have been looking for for ages.
Buteo stuck in batting net. Eventually freed.
Lizardfish in mass . First summer visitor I have ever cought !
One of my friends took this picture while in Costa Rica.
A rehabilitated bird being released back into the wild.
Chernobyl catfish, 1 to 1.5 meters long
Both dorsal fins are similar in size and the eye is small. Several sharks less than 1 m long were patrolling up and down a narrow waterway. They would not come near an underwater camera.
Seen outside the window.
tagged, measured, dna sampled and released
Snake stole my truck, can’t have anything nice around here
Quite obvious!!!
Date is approximate. 3 individuals (2 males & 1 female) seen sometime in April, 1987. My mother and father (@dmpeterson ) were living in Monteverde in the spring of 1987, staying with the Gavin family. I have been digitizing their old slides, and thought these ones were significant, so I uploaded them. The date and location are approximate, based on their best recollection.