UCET discover new fish first?

[Ian A]

[quote="mike leahy" post=30803]Well why aren't you in their with a camera :ohmy:[/quote]

in camera is a latin phrase which translates as "behind closed doors" or "in private"

Surely you are not advocating I go solo caving in private?

 :whistle:

Ian

[Anthony Britner]

OK so we can't claim that we have discovered the 1st naturalised cave fish in europe as we found this in 2017 not 2015. but we can claim the most northern, subject to confirmation.

[mike leahy]

[quote="Ian" post=30804][quote="mike leahy" post=30803]Well why aren't you in their with a camera :ohmy:[/quote]

in camera is a latin phrase which translates as "behind closed doors" or "in private"

Surely you are not advocating I go solo caving in private?

 :whistle:

Ian[/quote]
You have friends don't ya  :S

[Ian A]

Ant,
I can't find a reference to it being found in 2015 - the article is dated 4th April 2017?


Mike,
There are many definitions of the word "friend".


 :dry:

Ian

[Robin Jones]

[quote="Ian" post=30811]
There are many definitions of the word "friend".
[/quote]

I'll be your friend mate  :kiss:  I may be able to do a weekday trot there next week with camera if you fancy it?  Work is quiet and I'm bored out of my brain  :blink:

[Ian A]

Awwwwww Fanks .....

Talk about it on Saturday  :kiss:  :kiss:  :kiss:


Ian

[Anthony Britner]

"The cave fish were first observed and photographed in August 2015" http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(17)30219-1

[Ian A]

Twats.

Well, the UK is a separate land mass to Germany so we are still having it.

 B)

Ian

[Dave Tyson]

I've seen fish a couple of times in the side pool on route to boss chamber over the last 10 years. They were pale coloured and about 5"-6" in length. Never managed to grab one. I had assumed they were something like blind trout, probably in-wash rather than breeding underground. Quite rare to see them - maybe 1 in 20 trips. Three of us are at poachers tonight so I will keep a lookout :-)

Dave

[Ian A]

Dave,

Click the BBC link in the first post of the thread - there is a picture of it - see if it matches what you have seen.

If it does, then we have corroboration.

 

Ian

[Dave Tyson]

No, I think the ones I have seen are almost twice the length and white rather than pink,
so I don't think it is the same :-(

That said I have caught glimpses of other things in the flowing water which could have been smaller fish, but didn't get a good look before the silt obscured them. I think there are quite a few caves which have fish populations in them (e.g. Ibbeth Peril) but they don't depend on the cave for their life cycle.

Dave

[Nick]

It's from Flintshire!!
Everything from Flintshire has 12 generations of inbreeding through it?

[Frank Hill]

You won't see the fish if you go in plodding around everywhere. They'll just bugger off and hide. If you want any chance of a pic then stealth is required!

[Ian A]

Went back to Poacher's today with Sweetie and found 7 fish. None were the same as the original one we saw.

However, we did a short video of the ones we found;

(The youtube link thing doesn't work so you will need to copy and paste this by removing the chevrons);

>>>https://youtu.be/NYOKhzcheeo<<<

 

Ian


Ok, I give up ... I cannot type a link in anyway (not even as text).

go to youtube

then add /henllan

It should show up as the latest uploaded video

[solomonkey]

Try the local fishing forums , I'd like to bet nobody has ever seen or caught a catfish in the river Alyn ! ?¿