Mr. Twisted Jaw

  • castandblast
    Eau Claire, WI
    Posts: 269
    February 26, 2009 at 4:14 pm #1319026

    I saw the coolest fish today in my local market. I just had to buy it and find out what it eats. Meet Mr. Twisted-Jaw Sheatfish (Belodontichthys truncates). I now know you won’t find me swimming in the Mekong. It doesn’t have much of a dorsal fin but its pectoral fins are huge and bulging with muscle at their base. I wonder if that is for speed and/or for long migratory runs.

    It had one small minnow in its stomach about the size of a crappie minnow. You can guess what I will be trying to imitate with my next trip to the banks of the Mekong.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    February 26, 2009 at 4:23 pm #752723

    I think we may need a new forum just for you! Calling these rough fish/carp, seems a bit degrading. Amazing once again.

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    February 26, 2009 at 5:13 pm #752746

    That is one alien lookin’ critter……cool pics

    It also looks like that dude might have bad breath caused by periodontal disease

    sauger
    Hastings ,MN
    Posts: 2442
    February 26, 2009 at 7:15 pm #752827

    Quote:

    How did it taste?

    well??????????

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13168
    February 26, 2009 at 8:03 pm #752859

    Wow. That is a wicked looking fish.

    Prestige
    Elgin, MN
    Posts: 245
    February 26, 2009 at 8:19 pm #752872

    I would not want to be swimming with that thing.

    castandblast
    Eau Claire, WI
    Posts: 269
    February 27, 2009 at 12:12 am #752984

    Quote:

    How did it taste?

    I don’t know yet. I just bought it ysterday and its in my freezer. I will grill it up sometime next week. My Lao workers tell me that they are delicious. Of course they like eating ant eggs, fermented fish, and rats, so whatever that means.

    the_j-man
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 35
    February 27, 2009 at 3:59 pm #753134

    Thanks for posting those pics. That is one crazy looking fish.

    prieser
    Byron, MN
    Posts: 2274
    February 27, 2009 at 4:59 pm #753151

    Quote:

    Quote:

    How did it taste?

    I don’t know yet. I just bought it ysterday and its in my freezer. I will grill it up sometime next week. My Lao workers tell me that they are delicious. Of course they like eating ant eggs, fermented fish, and rats, so whatever that means.

    I would be back down to fighting weight if I had to eat that stuff.

    average-joe
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 2376
    March 1, 2009 at 3:43 pm #753678

    I don’t know yet. I just bought it ysterday and its in my freezer. I will grill it up sometime next week. My Lao workers tell me that they are delicious. Of course they like eating ant eggs, fermented fish, and rats, so whatever that means.

    No Sheet

    Well I guess its six to one half a dozen to another

    flaco651
    St. Paul's Westside
    Posts: 296
    March 2, 2009 at 2:24 am #753897

    That thing looks mean!

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