A week of discovery and monsters

Wow what a week in the world of fish. A 7ft (2.1m) 131lb (59kg) conger eel was caught off the coast of Devon here in the sunny UK. As this eel normally dies after spawning there is a good chance this was a female that never spawned. Full story from the BBC.

The next is even more fascinating is the discovery of a warm blooded fish. The Opah fish which was thought to be a slow moving lumbering fish but has been found to they are able to hold their own when it comes to speed despite living at a depth of around 1,000ft (305m). In like other fish that need to come near the surface to this fish is able to manage its temperature by flaming its pectoral fins warming the mussels and the blood at the same time.


Full story can be found at iflscience.com