Some fish look odd, but a
mysterious, green-eyed fish recently pulled out of Nova Scotia's waters is
downright bizarre.
The roughly 3-foot-long (1
meter) fish had a long pointy nose, a long narrow tail and two prominent fins
that bear a resemblance to the wings of a bird.
Scott Tanner was about 30 days
into a 42-day fishing trip when he spotted the freaky fish. "Everybody was
just like, 'Wow, that's weird, never seen one of those before,'" said
Tanner, who is a fisherman from Nova Scotia. "It was super-long, longest
one I've ever done."
The fishermen didn't catch the
fish on purpose. It was part of the bycatch during a fishing trip for redfish
and cod, Tanner said. The fish wasn't moving when Tanner saw it, and after
taking its photo, he watched a conveyor belt on the boat whisk it away and drop
it back into the ocean.