- UPDATE 4-15-7
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- The strange fish is a Batfish. See http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/BatFish/Batfish.htm
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- STRANGE FISH CAUGHT IN COJIMAR
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- * Small specimen resembles a combination of fish, frog,
manjuarí and bat *
- * Specialists have still not classified it *
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- COJIMAR, 23 February - A small strange fish, the size
of a ballpoint pen, was caught in Cojimar, east of Havana, on Tuesday at
6 pm. Local fishermen admitted never having seen anything like it.
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- "It is a combination of fish, frog, unicorn, manjuari
and bat," said a fisherman. The specimen was caught by Damian Pita
Leyva, 32, and Robertico Hernandez Sobrino, 15, both residents at Building
801, Zone 1 of the Alamar district to of La Habana del Este.
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- The specimen died between 8 and 10 hours after being
fished, and is being kept in a refrigerator.
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- "We placed it in a bucket filled with freshwater
and it walked around on two pairs of legs that also helped it swim,"
argued Carlos Pita Lledin, the father of one of the two youths who caught
the animal.
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- Mud-colored, the creature has two large pectoral fins,
two smaller ones in the ventral region, a small one nearly reaching its
tail, and a longer one at the end of the tail. Under the horn on its head,
it has medium sized orifice and two smaller one, resembling nasal passages.
Two light colored eyes are present and it has small, sharp spines on its
back. No gills are evident. A specialist has yet to classify this specimen.
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- (translation (c) 2007. S. Corrales, IHU. Special thanks
to Granma Internacional)
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