Comments on: “Sea Serpent” of Bahia Discovered

By: patroche08

patroche08 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:46:14 +0000

Hello everyone i am new to this site but i absolutely love unknown animals and Cryptozoology.

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:16:35 +0000

I don’t know if I’d go so far as to say it’s small–six foot is pretty good sized.

And while it doesn’t completely fit the sea serpent motif…there have been a variety of sea serpent “Species” described…some with scales, some not, and often sea serpents are described as undulating where as a fish moves side to side (however, i wonder if the undulating movement could be tied to the waves around it…like an optical illusion of sorts, but I digress…)…this fish is a significant find once again…even if it was ethnoknown…one of many strange critters still undiscovered in the murky depths…still plenty of room out there for the sea serpent.

By: dogu4

dogu4 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:49:52 +0000

Good catch, Sordes. Better jellynose than bellicose.

By: Sordes

Sordes — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:39:28 +0000

It has now been identified by ichthyologists as a jellynose fish, possibly a still unknown species.

By: dogu4

dogu4 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:01:17 +0000

No scales? No teeth? I suggest one look up the variety of fish known as giant wrymouth. While wikipedia says they are confined to the atlantic, giant speciments lately have been identified being brought up by fishermen in crab cages and using line, off of Homer in Tutka Bay and near Kodiak. A recent article with remarkable pictureof of one in the Anchorage Daily News has a nice description which matches this latest report quite nicely.

By: Weird New Englander

Weird New Englander — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:07:11 +0000

Very interesting new find. It is very ugly looking though any new discovery is beautiful in my opinion. The ocean is great for finding new species eh?

By: Kaiwhekea

Kaiwhekea — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:56:18 +0000

Evidently, it is most likely not a new species, and it is a representative of the Jellynose fishes. They are normally deep sea fishes.

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:51:45 +0000

Like fortgeorge, I also think this might be an abisal species, that for some reason was driven from the deep and died because of the change in pressure.

Maybe this is the baby of a new (and very big) fish!

By: MattBille

MattBille — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:26:18 +0000

Look at the giant grenadier in the photo here. Not identical, but certainly similar. It's still cool to find a decent-sized new species of fish, though, if such it proves to be.

By: Dj Plasmic Nebula

Dj Plasmic Nebula — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:36:25 +0000

faron27: i agree