Long Finned Bream in Bray

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#21 Post by **yappo** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:52 pm

I took this photo of it in Mark Shortt's house.

So what is it now.

Yappo

#22 Post by **JOHN1** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:48 pm

yappo wrote:I took this photo of it in Mark Shortt's house.

So what is it now.

Yappo

very frozen :lol:

#23 Post by **Rarefish** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:53 am

I've had a closer look at this bream and I am fairly confident that it is a Long-finned Bream (Taractichthys longipinnis). If possible, I would like to examine the fish first-hand in order to confirm its identity (please let me know if this is possible). If it is T. longipinnus, this is a major find, because there is only one previous Irish record (off Valentia, 18.05.1914, FL 50.0cm, Wt 3.3kg). Indeed, as far as I am aware, there are only 3 other records from the NE Atlantic (one from Sandvoe, Shetland, October 1961; and two from Biscay, March 1969 & June 1977). This species has been recorded weighing up to 45kg and 100cm TL, so the Bray specimen is relatively small at 8.4kg. One of the Biscay records (June 1977) measured 105cm TL.

#24 Post by **yappo** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 5:48 pm

Rarefish,

You have a PM

Yappo

#25 Post by **dan** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:47 pm

brianbru wrote:18lb!!!! come on.... the irish record is just under 3kg's
rubbish if you ask me

i dont know, i bought the angling times a couple of months ago and read that two trout anglers saw a bronze bream in cavan, on the surface, they lifted it out of the water with a net, they estimated it at atleast 18Ibs.

#26 Post by **fishinmidget** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:53 pm

but that is a freshwater fish........im almost sure sea bream are different. :roll:

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