Black Stream Shoots Jellynose Fish Up The Bungo Channel

Chugoku Shinbun reports that a shachiburi or Jellynose Fish that usually lives at depths of 150-500m has been caught off the coast of the island of Kurahashi. The 80cm translucent light purple specimen with a gelatinous head was snared last month from a depth of 50m by a 73 year old fisherman. Usually found in only southern Japanese waters and the East China Sea, it is only the 3rd time this species has been found in the Seto Inland Sea.

Experts say that the fish was likely brought to the Seto Inland Sea on the kurushio or Black Stream (which flows from east coast of Taiwan and flows northeastward past Japan) along the Bungo Channel.