Young male Severum

[Ron Morse]

I rather like what I think of as mood shots of fish. It takes pretty good timing to catch the fish in just the right place in the flash zone.

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[Ray West]

Hi Ron,

What size (inches will do) is the fish. and what mood, happy, sad, or what ;-) I guess you didn't mean it like that, but can you actually tell whether a fish is happy or sad, does it even mean anything to fishes, by the facial expressions - cuttle fish, other brands, excluded?

Best wishes,

Ray

[Ron Morse]

Ray,
This fish is about 6 inches. Can grow to about 10 inches more or less. The term mood shot is more or less accepted as meaning the lighting. Not my idea. Like mood lighting in your house.

Fish definately do have moods. Usually they express their feeling with colors, fin positions and posture. A fish with gills extended out to the sides, very bright colors and fins extended would mean to get out of my territory now or fight for it. The same usually without the gill spread could be a male showing what a splendid mate he would be to breed with to a female. A fish that is afraid usually will have his fins close to its body with dull colors and try to stay as unnoticeable as possible.

[Asher Kelman]

All I know is that this fish is sending me a message, "I'm not a meal, I'm just "art"".

Asher

[Ron Morse]

Thanks Asher.

[Nicolas Claris]

All I know is that this fish is sending me a message, "I'm not a meal, I'm just "art"".

Asher
Just kidding, but sometimes a meal can be art!