well a lot of people thought that this one was, and had in fact been digitally photo-shopped to enhance its color, photograph Fishing Gang Azusa/Twitter, last
Friday, popular YouTube channel Fishing Gang Azusa took to Twitter to
post a very intriguing picture of their latest catch – a flashy fish that
almost looked painted. People started asking if it was real or just a case of
too much Photoshop, but it wasn’t before Azusa posted a video on YouTube of
them catching the fish that the photos went viral. The footage shows the
alien-looking fish in all its splendor, leaving many viewers with their mouths
wide open at the thought that such a creature actually exists,
the painted-looking fish is apparently known as ‘Kinubella’ (キヌベラ) in Japan,
and commonly called a surge wrasse, (Thalassoma purpureum) in the western world. It lives
in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, where it inhabits reefs and rocky
coastlines. Despite its toxic-looking color, the surge wrasse is edible,
although it is of minor importance to commercial fisheries, and more valuable
as an aquarium fish, ever since the original photo of the fish was posted on
the Fishing Gang Azusa Twitter page, it has received over 200,000 likes and
37,000 retweets. People just can’t get over how alien it looks, with many
claiming that it belongs in James Cameron’s Avatar,
as an aside if you have watched Rapa Nui, you may recognize the fish as being one of the ones that was taboo in the film, and a enjoyable film it was too.
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