[konz]

now that thing is ugly!!!! Saw this while being bored and playing around in google, it's from some charter website

 

[bonita dan]

Yea,that's one of those,ah maybe ah,no can't be that one. A W.C. Fieldsfish,yea that's the one.I don't know man,WTF is that thing,probably good eatin though:hungry

 

[Halfmoon]

Power Plant fish!

 

[Midnight Rider]

Happy Halloween. That looks like the work of a photo workshop program to me. I sure hope its not real. Kinda reminds me of that former president oh whats his name........................Billy Clinton

 

[fishinwhits]

Nice Red snapper,with 2 large tumors on the poor fellow:sick Well visually move those and look what a pretty snapper.

Really have no idea. Help us out Karon! Tony

 

[Tuna Man]

Probably caught around a Nuke Power Plant or around a discharge pipe at a chemical company...:doh

 

[true-king]

definately looks like aphotoshopped red snapper!

 

[J.Sharit]

Thats a "jimmy durante" fish good night Miss Croaker where ever you are! Ya cha cha cha!

 

[konz]

I don't think it's photo shopped b/c it came strait off their website........

http://www.fishthedeep.com.au/welcome/page5.php

 

[User1265]

Good Lord if I ever caught something that ugly I would never fish again!!

 

[Coryphaena]

Snapper after being in my pressure chamber.......:letsdrink

Someone has some talent with Photoshop most likely.... but it's possible that someone caught a fish with either massive tumors or seriously abnormal bone growth... either way it makes for some good stories!

 

[FenderBender]

I think its real. Its an AUSTRALIAN charter boat... they have alot of fish over there that we do not. Thats no American Red Snapper. Check out their website.

 

[FenderBender]

 

[parrothead]

Thats behind Solutia, isnt it ??????????? :banghead:banghead:banghead

Scott

 

[BJW]

Where's Karon on this one? Although this one looks a little different, I remember seeing a picture of a fish like this before. You see something that ugly and it sticks with you!

 

[Xiphius]

Without an extensive search, maybe some kind of hump head wrasse.

 

[daddytime]

http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/pauratus.htm

Check this out-its a snapper, or an old man snapper specifically

 

[mpmorr]

Wow, that thing is fugly. If I had not seen Tom's Post I would never believe that joker is real.

 

[Coryphaena]

Checked out the website posted- matched the scientific name with my database.....

Here's "Pagrus auratus"...... but the most current, and accepted, scientific name is Chrysophrys auratus...... wouldn't it be nice if the names stayed consistent???? It's not a snapper- the AFS accepted common name is "Squirefish"- it's a member of the porgy family... the teeth in the second picture posted earlier give it away. That second picture made me question my own earlier post about photoshopping..... I'd never seen one at that stage before! Just goes to show Nature has a sense of humor......

 

[Danno]

Looks like the poster child for "Clean Water", but whatever you do don't let Al Gore see it. He would blame it on global warming.