What is this?

[captainbly]

We caught some Mai hi yesterday and we found this in his stomach. You know us fisherman we have to see what they have been eating. It looks like a juvenile bill fish of some sorts. Here is a general description; on each side there is some hard bony scales that run from the head to the tail. The dorsal is a bit damaged but you can see the rest pretty clear.

Does anyone have a clue as to what it may be?

regards,

Dayne

[got ants?]

Because of the length of the lower bill. and general thinness, I'm going to say it's a long billed Spearfish.



albeit, a juvenile one at that.

[SFKitten]

Dayne, you can also send the hi-res version of this pic to fishfacts@sportfishingmag.com for a possible ID by one of Sport Fishing's experts. (If we publish it in the magazine, you could get some Berkley line.)

[Zecura]

I'm going with the Spearfish.