• What is this miracle?

  • Steven757

Recently, at the Koktebel beach, I caught this wonder literally 30 meters from the shore. The fish, about 10-12 centimeters long, was crawling along the bottom. I barely managed to carry it to the shore - it was secreting slime from its white belly. At first, it was flopping in the cup, then it seemed to calm down. We looked at it and released it. It sank to the bottom and seemed to crawl away. I'm very curious about what this is; it doesn't look like a catfish. If anyone knows, please respond, and even better, send a link where I can read about THIS. Thank you in advance.

Steven7574

The Sea Mouse Fish Callionymus pusillus inhabits sandy shallows, a very amusing little fish. During the time I kept Black Sea fish and animals, I never managed to catch it. Here is some information:

Elizabeth6302

Thank you very much, ray. Very similar. And apparently, it's a female, as it hasn't changed its gray-brown color. Perhaps I caught it easily because it is not yet fully grown: I just dove in and grabbed it by hand on the sandy bottom at a depth of about 5 meters.

Cynthia

You haven't seen how beautiful the males are - with blue stripes and an orange tail!

Melanie

And who are they? They were caught in Crimea, don't ask how!))) No fish were harmed and they were sent back to the sea.

Laura3673

In the first photo, the Black Sea scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus). In the second photo, the Stargazer (Uranoscopus scaber).

Ryan1989

This is a scorpionfish, the sea scorpion (Scorpaena porcus). I brought it home from Tarkhankut in August; it hid for a month and didn't eat for 10 days, but now it's almost tame, greedy, and loves to burrow into the sand.

Michelle

I have a big scorpionfish that I caught in the summer, it's a decent size. If anyone needs it, message me privately.

Anthony7814

Why ask? For a Chinese disposable net. The starry sky, also known as the sea cow, is hard to catch otherwise. Everyone who comes to the sea considers it their "duty" to bring a couple of nets with them. Who knows, soon there might not be any greenery left.