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Fastest Fish
The Sailfish - Istiophorus platypterus is the fastest fish in the world, clocking up to 110 km/hour. They get their name from their spectacular dorsal fin that stretches almost the whole length of their body. They can grow up to 3.5 meters length.
This was another dream come true encounter for me, have only seen them breaching before from Boats and I wanted to swim with them, especially with them hunting among Baitballs.
On our second day during our Pelagic Expedition in Baja, Mexico, we saw a big group of Striped Marlins hunting among bait balls and when my buddy and I got into the water, I was surprised to see the Sailfish too and made additional efforts to at least get some footage of it and this was the only decent picture I managed to take of the Sailfish. Was very happy with this bonus encounter as we were not expecting to see them on this trip.
The Indo-Pacific sailfish, ''Istiophorus platypterus'', is a sailfish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is dark blue on top, brown-blue laterally, silvery white underbelly; upper jaw elongated in the form of a spear; first dorsal fin greatly enlarged in the form of a sail, with many black cones, its front squared off, highest at its midpoint; pelvic fins very narrow, reaching almost to the anus; body covered with embedded scales, blunt at end; lateral line curved above pectoral fin, then.. more
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It certainly was a mind blowing encounter and experience and the special part to me was the other 4 photographers on the same Boat using dSLR cameras didn't get any shots of the Sailfish, not that I meant them in a bad way, but the luck I had :D Posted 7 years ago