Howdy, Folks!
I'm new to saltwater aquariums, so I'd like help identifying something we caught in the brackish, tidal water of Lake Worth, Fla.
Last week I went with my kid's bio class and in the trapped-water of a sandbar I caught this thingie that looks sorta like a snail without a shell who's mother was really a stingray, whose dad was a slug, whose cousins were squids and cuttlefish, and whose grandma was a rabbit! It's about 8 in long, mottled brownish, has a face like a rabbit, bottom like a garden slug, and flies thru the water like a ray by undulating the edges of his wings. My local pet store said it might be a 'sea hare' but my search on the net of sea hares shows up algae.... this guy has a squarish snout with short appendages on it, longer ones on the top of the head and black, beadie eyes, so it really does look like a rabbit's head, but it sure ain't no algae!!
I have a bmp composite of three shots I took in my new tank which I'd like to attach for visual help, but so far I haven't found where to make the attachment in this forum.
Any idears????
zoo
I'm new to saltwater aquariums, so I'd like help identifying something we caught in the brackish, tidal water of Lake Worth, Fla.
Last week I went with my kid's bio class and in the trapped-water of a sandbar I caught this thingie that looks sorta like a snail without a shell who's mother was really a stingray, whose dad was a slug, whose cousins were squids and cuttlefish, and whose grandma was a rabbit! It's about 8 in long, mottled brownish, has a face like a rabbit, bottom like a garden slug, and flies thru the water like a ray by undulating the edges of his wings. My local pet store said it might be a 'sea hare' but my search on the net of sea hares shows up algae.... this guy has a squarish snout with short appendages on it, longer ones on the top of the head and black, beadie eyes, so it really does look like a rabbit's head, but it sure ain't no algae!!
I have a bmp composite of three shots I took in my new tank which I'd like to attach for visual help, but so far I haven't found where to make the attachment in this forum.
Any idears????
zoo