Julian de'Courcy
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Passed a swimming dogfish, so took a shot.
Scyliorhinus canicula
Untitled by Julian de Courcy, on Flickr
Scyliorhinus canicula
Untitled by Julian de Courcy, on Flickr
Thanks PeteWonderful. Love the vignette.
Swimming in the harbour, most of it's body was above water. They last for many hours aboard boats after being taken out the nets. They have no market value these days as such. This was discarded from a boat clearing it's nets alongside the quay from a nights fishing.Wow - it's so clear. Beautifully captured. I've never seen one before.
yes Pete it was sort of lost and head out the water. It had been aboard a boat for a few hours before being discarded. It will survive and make it's way out to sea again. Tough creatures.Was this just over the quayside or were you out on a boat? The patterns on it's skin come out so clearly in mono and it almost appears to float above the water. And I really like the space around it.
Yes , I guess you'd know but are not certain people very sensitive to Ammonia or is that a wives tale.Interesting stuff, Julian. I'm still partial to Rock Salmon / Huss myself and occasionally buy some in a fishmongers when they have it. The ammonia just washes out / volatilises if it has formed and is a result of the way they excrete urea - best eaten fresh though. I slightly misread your second response and thought you'd been on the boat before being 'discarded'! I seem to recall that the skin was once used as a fine sandpaper in certain types of cabinet making and, I think, clock making. And, yes, a type of shark and not a bony fish. One finds their egg cases washed up on the shore at times - mermaids purses. It was once one of the standard dissection pieces in the study of biology: I have vague memories of dissecting out the cranial nerves - Ah, the joys of youth!
That's all sorted then.Well, when concentrated it is poisonous but not in the concentration you'd get in dogfish. The odour threshold is very low and it is very soluble in water and volatile so probably mainly an old wives tale - or maybe a fins-wives tail!