"unusual fish" Otok Korcula by halikowski

In March 2006, some local fishermen from Lumbarda on Korcula found an unusual fish floating in local waters.

The fish was identified by an expert biologist as Trachipterus Trachypterus, which is very rare for Adriatic waters as this fish usually lives in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, as well as in Eastern Mediterranean.

The body of the fish is long, silver and flat, with distinctive dots on the side. The dorsal fin is bright pink and extends all the way to the tail. The fish was only 20 cm long but these species can grow up to 3 meters.

The interesting thing about it is that it lives usually at a depth of 500 m, so being close to the surface of the sea disorients the fish due to changes in light and water pressure.