Twins - created by Lamantine


Twins
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avatar locksmagic

Where was this taken?

author says:

From the inside of a big aquarium

avatar locksmagic

You were actually in the aquarium with these things! Your nuts!

avatar adeincyprus

barracuda?...........not so dangerous! we swim with them here where I live, when we dive the wrecks. It is unusual for them to be in aquariums though!

avatar adeincyprus

what camera did you use for these, the shot is very dark!

author says:

I don't know about the camera, its a camera we got when we went there, just for rental though.

avatar locksmagic

Those aren't barracuda Ade

avatar adeincyprus

you sure.......what are they.......they look something like the barracuda that live on a wreck here in Cyprus!

avatar adeincyprus

how deep were you when you took this shot author?

author says:

I dont know I had to to that quickly because i hated this place, a lot of creepy creatures living down there !

avatar adeincyprus

author, I am a very experienced diver...........for it to be this dark, it had to be a long, long way down..........too far for normal diving even!

author says:

The original photo is not dark , i just adjusted curves with ps. I can brighten it up a bit if you wish

avatar locksmagic

Ok I didn't want to do this because now I will officially be one of the biggest dorks on here but...

The barracuda species native to the Mediterranean is the "Sphyraena barracuda" It has a more elongated snout than the fish shown here, also some major differences are;

*The pectoral fins of the barracuda are more triangular shaped
*The anal fin of the barracuda is less streamlined
*The scale pattern. Barracuda have a thin silver lateral line, this fish has a wide dark line
* But the major difference between these two fish is the dorsal fin.
The barracuda has no dorsal, only a small "rear" or "soft" dorsal, if you look closely at the high res you'll see that the dorsal of this fish starts at the head and continues down the entire length of the fish.

It is hard to tell the exact species from this shot, but I am certain that this is a fish from the Channidae family. I am about 90% sure that this is an adolescent Channa micropeltes that has not changed completely to it's adult color pattern.

http://forums.waterwolves.com/uploads/post-6743-1213197861.jpg

this is the best example that I could find but this one is younger that the one in question.

Ok bring on the teasing I'm ready for it

avatar adeincyprus

hahaha............great, but is it dangerous!..............

avatar locksmagic

Yes they certainly have the potential to cause some pretty serious damage, if it was in a tank it was probably fed enough so it wouldn't be to aggressive but still, I would be nervous being in there with them.

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avatar adeincyprus

you figure hunting razor, you have left the same 'comment' on all the entries here.......

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