Topic: weirdest fish ever

[Ivo]

This denizen swam in this morning. The inside is silvered the eyes are blue and it looks like nothing I have ever seen. Any leads?

[antiquerose123]

??  ??   ?

Mercury Glass, but older....Victorian, or something

Or German HERE ??

[Ivo]

Yes mercury glass all right, but not the Lausitz lightweight variety nor the double-walled Czech/German/French type. This is a really sturdy 5" long beast, done by an experienced glass worker. The inside is silvered and the mouth is open - the lips are transparent.
It also looks scary  :help:

[chopin-liszt]

It's seriously scary - and utterly fabulous, Ivo.
It looks to me as if it might have quite considerable age.
It's actually quite realistic comparing it to of some the fish from very deep waters.
It should be swimming around a massive statue of Neptune/Posidon.

My thoughts as to origin are Murano. Very, very old Murano.

[Paul S.]

I think it's what we (in the U.K.) call 'Whitebait'  -  great as a starter in the restaurant :wsh:

[chopin-liszt]

Whitebait is tiny, and it's the starter for "on your marks and off" as far as I'm concerned, Paul.  :24:
I've got a bit of a thing about not wanting to have bones in my mouth and the notion of eating an entire fish, guts, gut contents, bones, brains and eyes, no matter how small, or how well disguised in batter, is not my idea of delicious.

I think it's more like an angler fish without its dangle.

[Ivo]

With a hairdo like that I was expecting someone to come up with mullet...

[chopin-liszt]

Mullets are a sore point with me Ivo.  :thud:
My hairdresser refuses to believe that's what I want done, so I don't mention them, just describe where I want short bits and where I want my long bits left alone. I never, ever use the word itself.

Do you think your fish could be very, very ancient at all?

[Ivo]

Relatively yes. On no account will it predate the silvering process which is i think 1880 - but i hav no clue as to which decade this catch might be.

[Frank]

As the mouth is open and you say it is not double layer, could it have been silvered later? Although I guess that is not likely. It works well though.