Mystery Fish Pic

[chumtini]

We had porpoise in the lights last week eating, what we thought were lancet fish. Now, I'm not so sure after looking at some pics online. We scooped some up with a net, got bit (toothy little b*stards!) and rigged a free drifting line with a small hook and boxed a nice YFT Water was 65-69 in 600-1000' of water.

What do you think? They were about 5-6" inches long, skinny with a dorsal that ran the length of its back; a bit like a mini-cuda.

[whitey]

Im not sure what they are but we caught some yellowfin in the Lindy a few weeks ago that had the same fish their stomachs.

[chumtini]

We were between Jones and Babylon. Porpoise everywhere

[Flatdog]

Do not know what they are but judging by the size of the eye to the body lengh they are a Deep water fish used to the dark.

[WahooKing]

SNAKE MACKEREL

[shoefish]

Damn wahooking you're good...

From wikipedia:

Snake mackerel are perciform fishes in the family Gempylidae.
They are elongate fishes with a similar appearance to barracudas, having a long dorsal fin, usually with one or finlets trailing it. The largest species, including the snoek, Thyrsites atun, grow up to two metres long.
They are deep-water benthopelagic fishes, and several species are important commercial and game fishes.

[squirtis]

SNAKE MACKEREL

Thank You Sir,,,,, well done........

[chumtini]

That's it!! Thanks. The porpoise were snatching those up for an hour or two early AM last Thurs AM. So, we scooped one of these up, stuck it on a hook and picked up a yft.

[Deep C]

I was gonna say snoek (pronounced snook) but thats a cold water fish we ctach in South Africa. I wasn't aware there were subspecies in the north atlantic (as opposed to south) ... Never too old to learn. Thanks for sharing...

[FESS]

Snake mack it is, never seen such a small one....thought they were rare. I guess after the tuna's get thru with 'em they can be.