Gurnard

: Gurnard; Mike took a young Chekz man Fishing.He was so excited to catch such a beautiful fish. Tasted lovely.; Created by: Gav.; Tools Used: Panasonic DMC-LC40; Created on: April 2006; Image Views: 278; Average Views per Day: 0.6; Image Number: 38494

Comments:

Gav from New Zealand on Feb 23, 2008 at 8:53 PM said:

Anne thankyou for your comments. They use their wings and feet of a sort to propel themselves along the sea bottom. Cheers.

Anne from USA on Feb 19, 2008 at 8:54 AM said:

Thanks for the opportunity to see such a beautiful and unusual (to me) fish. A fish with delicate and decorated wings!! Or, at least, they look like wings!! There is so much beauty in the world that we miss out on, that it was really exciting to see this fish.

Vivienne (Gav) from Hastings N.Z. on Aug 23, 2007 at 2:50 AM said:

Ikka thankyou for looking. Our Guarnard fish is very tasty. My husband has taken some of your countrymen out fishing. This is one of their catch.

Ikka Capellan from Germany/Europe on Aug 20, 2007 at 12:03 PM said:

Oh, thank you for sharing this extraordinary fish!

Never I looked like this. It has wings like a butterfly.

..and you can eat it? Good capture, Congratulations.

Vvienne from Hastings, N.Z. on Jun 13, 2007 at 4:38 AM said:

Thankyou for looking Nanakiwi, Yes very tasty, although all freshly caught fish is scrumptious. Love the name.

nanakiwi from NZ on Jun 7, 2007 at 3:39 AM said:

Gurnard are a lovely fish to eat. My husband has an ocean kayak and often catches them, we have one in the freezer (filleted) and will be having it tomorrow night for dinner.

PS Nice photo as well

Vivienne (Gav) from Hastings N.Z. on Jun 6, 2007 at 11:22 PM said:

Thankyou KM for your comment and for looking. It is one of the most beautiful edible fish we have in our ocean. Very tasty.

km from TX on May 26, 2007 at 6:25 AM said:

Whaty an unusual and beautiful fish. It looks like it is growing butterfly wings. Lovely capture and color.

Bernadette Brown (BRB) from Wellington, New Zealand on May 23, 2007 at 5:13 AM said:

I'm not one for fishing, or fish in general, but I love these fish. I'll never forget catching one in my younger years, having to gut it. I kept a fin from it because I thoguht it was so beautiful, and put it in one of mums gardening books. It was found a few years later - with a loud scream.

And GUM.. how big was it???

Great shot

Tania (TMR8) from Taranaki New Zealand on May 23, 2007 at 1:43 AM said:

Mum you forgot the most important fact about these wonderfully beautiful fish. they are my all time fav YUM. Great shot thank you for sharing

Vivienne (Gav) from Hastings N.Z. on May 23, 2007 at 1:10 AM said:

Thankyou everyone for your comments. Gurnard live on the bottom of the ocean, and use their beautiful fins for propelling them along. They grow to about 2kilos and are bright orange

Alandra from westcoast Canada on May 23, 2007 at 12:09 AM said:

also am one who didn't know what this was from the thumbnail. Very pretty. I'd have set it free.

sparkle1103 from Illinois on May 22, 2007 at 3:14 PM said:

Unusual lookin fish I will agree, but nice and shot and a very beautiful fish.

lorraine from NZ on May 22, 2007 at 2:27 PM said:

lovely capture very pretty.

Talsi from WNC -USA on May 22, 2007 at 2:23 PM said:

Unusual looking fish. From the thumbnail I thought it was an insect.

TravlynWomyn from Bushkill, PA - for awhile on May 22, 2007 at 11:40 AM said:

What a great illusion to protect it from other fish. I've never seen one of these. Vicki

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