Fish Eggs in Sydney Harbour

[fragmeister]

Hi Raiders,

 

I know I am not giving you much to go off ( No phone , no camera) but  any ideas on what type of marine creatures belongs to the following eggs.

I went for my Sunday swim in the Harbour  (16 degrees  and one of those "why am I doing this" moments!)

There were masses of clear hard jelly eggs about 8 mm across with just a small black tadpole looking larvae inside.

The eggs were about 8mm in diameter and the larvae at this stage were probably about 3mm long.

Many of the eggs were in long strands while others were floating individually.

There were literally millions of them along Shark Beach at Neilsen Park and probably elsewhere I would imagine.

Hope there is enough info for an educated guess.

 

Cheers

 

Jim

 

 

 

 

Edited September 2, 2018 by fragmeister

[GoingFishing]

Hey Jim

Your a brave man swimming in this cold

Could be squid eggs ? I  

[Green Hornet]

They could be from salmon.

Its not uncommon to see them like that off the beaches at this time of year down here on the south coast.

[fragmeister]

15 hours ago, GoingFishing said:

Hey Jim

Your a brave man swimming in this cold

Could be squid eggs ? I  

I think squid ess are white an usually elongated but I don't know for sure.

[fragmeister]

2 hours ago, Green Hornet said:

They could be from salmon.

Its not uncommon to see them like that off the beaches at this time of year down here on the south coast.

Could be. I have been trying to find something on the salmon breeding cycle.

 

[rickmarlin62]

Squid eggs are normally on the bottom attached to weed

[Volitan]

Probably salps.

often mistaken for eggs,  but actually a colonial planktonic tunicate.

do a google on ‘salp’ - there will be lots of images.

 

cheers

V.

[takethebait]

I reckon salps too.  There were heaps a couple of weeks ago.