A month worth of fish meal-jewfish PB updated on the first day of 2018

[big Neil]

12 hours ago, rickmarlin62 said:

hey neil..these are the [otolith bones] they sit in a bulb of fluid where the spine meets the head...they are used for balance in the fish..also counting the rings on them gives their age..if you look into the gill cavity of a jew as well as other fish you will see a bulbous looking base where the spine starts..prise away the outside layers of bone carefully and you will find the otoliths or  ear bones..floating in spinal fluid....rick

Thanks for that Rick...so how big are they on this particular fish? bn

[wchh]

On 07/01/2018 at 3:24 PM, rickmarlin62 said:

hey neil..these are the [otolith bones] they sit in a bulb of fluid where the spine meets the head...they are used for balance in the fish..also counting the rings on them gives their age..if you look into the gill cavity of a jew as well as other fish you will see a bulbous looking base where the spine starts..prise away the outside layers of bone carefully and you will find the otoliths or  ear bones..floating in spinal fluid....rick

Thanks Rick, very informative!

[wchh]

15 hours ago, big Neil said:

Thanks for that Rick...so how big are they on this particular fish? bn

Hi Neil,

I measured  with a steel ruler: they are about 27 mm in length and 12 mm in width. 

Charles

[big Neil]

14 hours ago, wchh said:

Hi Neil,

I measured  with a steel ruler: they are about 27 mm in length and 12 mm in width. 

Charles

Thanks Charles. bn