What species of fish accompanies this juvenile basking shark?
July 20th, 2011 by Patrick Lyne
Basking Shark was sighted on 13 July 2011 at 18:30 hrs UTC at 51 25742 north and 8 26.600 west. Water depth was about 85 to 100 metres.
A juvenile basking shark of between 2 and 2.5 metres long is accompanied by an unidentified fish (click image to expand - ©Patrick Lyne)
cropped image of fish to identify (click image to expand ©Patrick Lyne)
fish swimming alongside juvenile basking shark (click image to expand - ©Patrick Lyne)
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Sean R. Van Sommeran
It reminds me of a Icosteus aenigmaticus, ragfish
Steven Simpson
Looks very much like a grey mullet
george sedberry
HYperoglyphe perciformis?