Is it a bird? no..

jaxjax Registered Users Posts: 143 Major grins
edited February 20, 2009 in Wildlife
It's a fish!

Shot this white bass in the zoo.

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The aquarium's glass caused a lot of chromatic aberration in the original image.
I cleaned most of it out, because I thought it was worth the effort.

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  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2009
    Nice close-up thumb.gif Is this a fresh or salt water fish?
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2009
    Good shot but I'm gettin Hungry :food :Dthumb.gif
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  • jaxjax Registered Users Posts: 143 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2009
    Thanks!

    It's a reef fish. This one is about two feet in size.
  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2009
    COOL image thumb.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2009
    Good capture thumb.gif taken under difficult shooting conditions.
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  • aj986saj986s Registered Users Posts: 1,100 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2009
    Very cool capture! But I don't think its a white bass. Looks more like some sort of drum or grouper.
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  • jaxjax Registered Users Posts: 143 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2009
    aj986s wrote:
    Very cool capture! But I don't think its a white bass. Looks more like some sort of drum or grouper.

    Yep, it probably is a grouper. However, the sign said white bass. But that's directly translated from Dutch :D.
    I'll have a look next time for its latin name.

    Then again, groupers are bass...

    edit: Did some lookups. Turns out the English name for this in dutch called 'white bass' is... (drumroll) 'black grouper' !headscratch.gif

    Latin name: Mycteroperca bonaci
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