Post Last Edit by abgsedapmalam at 25-6-2012 20:37
King Herring
It has long been writing about this herring, and then found the video.Many doubted the veracity of the existence of such fish.I repeat the whole post for those who have not seen.A video at the end of the post.
Herring King (belt-fish, remnetel, Lat. Regalecus glesne, ang. Oarfish) - marine fish of the family unit remnetelyh opahoobraznyh. Pelagic (poluglubokovodnaya) fish occurring in warm and temperate waters of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Herring kings are occasionally found in the herring, which seems to feed on. In this regard, and also because of the "crown" formed by the elongated dorsal fin rays, and they got their original name.
They feed on plankton, these fish are common. Sometimes the king eats herring, for which he received his sonorous name.
Fishermen from Japan called herring King "King of the underwater kingdom." But he has other nicknames, for example - a belt-fish (or remnetel). Long the king, apparently reminded people to call him this part of the wardrobe. With the length of individual herring king of 3.5 meters, its width can be no more than 5 cm fish looks like a really very unusual. The body-to-tape king herring bone is covered with scales. The muzzle of this fish have flattened, mouth slit is vertical, there are large eyes. Color scales - silver-white with dark spots and stripes. Fins herring king painted in bright red, and the head has a bluish tint.
The first scientific description of the herring King dated 1771 year. Herring kings usually reach a length of 5.5 m (with a weight of 250 kg), but the recorded instances of up to 17 m Herring King entered in Guinness Book of Records as the longest bony fish alive today. The body of herring remneobraznuyu Kings has the form: for example, at a length of 3.5 m width of the body may be only 5 cm
Strap-fish inhabits warm and temperate waters of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans at depths of 50-700 m (also referred to as the depth from 20 to 200 meters or even 1,000 meters), and sometimes comes to the surface. Single copies are cast ashore after a storm. Kings of herring has not been caught in Russian waters, but found off the coast of Norway and in the southern and eastern parts of the Sea of ​​Japan.
On the head of the fish begins dorsal fin, which goes to the whole body. This fin is very much like a crown. Herring King is very beautiful. All those who have seen it in nature, point out that this is an amazing sea zhivotnoe.No, unfortunately, to see the King of herring on the surface - a rarity. As a rule, behold the representative of the ancient fauna may have to the inanimate state. The surf and storms herring thrown out of the body to the banks of the Kings, where they are and find people.
Herring King, stranded in San Diego County (California)
Swim usually head up, placing the body in a position close to the vertical. At the same time they support the lowering of body weight is greater than the weight of water, and progressively moving at low speed due to undulating (wavy) movements of long spinal plavnika.Seldyanye kings can swim faster, in which case they move in waves bending all body. This method of swimming was marked, in particular, a large herring king, observed alive in Indonesian waters.
Commercial value is not: the King of inedible meat of herring, and he refused to even animals. Of particular interest as an object of sport fishing. Sometimes remnetely fall into sets of fishermen, but it happens very rarely.
Meetings of sailors with giant herring kings, floating at the surface, and half-decayed remains of the kings herring thrown up on shore, served as a basis for stories about the "sea serpent", which in some stories is described as a monster who has a horse head with flowing mane of fiery red. For such a mane, seems to have taken a long rays of the dorsal fin, forming a "plume" on the head of the fish. Such cases are continuing to this day.
Until now, these fish have been little studied, are unknown periods of their life expectancy, food preferences, etc.
In previous years the meeting sailors from the herring king gave rise to myths. That's why having an already huge number of nicknames fish was still a few names: "sea snakes", "sea monster". So the king called herring sailors, describing him as a monster with a flowing mane of fiery red, and a horse's head. In an article dated last century, stated that "the sea was found writhing sea monster with bright red hair, which swept to the surface and plunged into the depths, moving smoothly undulating jerks."
"Fish-paddle" - is another name for herring king. This is the name of the fish was due to rotational motions of the pelvic fins, similar to rowing veslami.Kakoy, or gastronomic value of herring is king. Its meat is not suitable for consumption, not even the animals eat it. Hopefully, this mysterious and amazing sea animal for a long time will delight us with their eccentricities and become a trophy monsters that make hunting in sports entertainment.
Post time 25-6-2012 08:34 PM
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