This is the first time I’ve seen a fish like this.
I went to the fish market in Ormoc, Leyte yesterday to buy a few fish. It was Good Friday and the market was almost deserted, except for a few vendors selling the odd fish.
This light reddish colored fish has two long spikes extending forward from the roof of its mouth
Are there any divers out there that can identify this fish?Unusual Fish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-u3h3Othps
Here is one more view of this guy. I was going to buy it and keep it for a closer look, but when the seller noticed my interest she jacked the price up to 5o pesos.
That is over a dollar US , so being true to my “cheap Charlie” reputation - I gave it a pass.
Triggerfish and trevalley.
This big eyed red fish is super delicious, called paraka in Waray but I don’t know the English word for it.
It is one of the best fish that I have ever eaten!
I did ask a bunch of people what the fish at the top was but no one I talked to had seen it before. It really is a cool looking rascal.
it looks like a sturgeon poacher same armor but the head is different from that of a regular sturgeon. Maybe its a cousin hehehe