Spider eats fish!

The image on the left is from an excellent observation posted by @wingspanner. It shows an Eastern Osprey holding a Yellowfin Bream in its talons. The right image shows a close-up view of the fish.
Seeing these observations prompted me to take stock of the observations that show fish as prey. I'm sure here are many! The list below shows a single observation of 6 different predator types 'in action'.
הועלה ב-ספטמבר 18, 2020 02:47 לפנה"צ על ידי markmcg markmcg

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And then there was this one where the prey (fish) became the ultimate predator, although at the expense of its own life - https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/21032380

פורסם על-ידי wamoz לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

Here's one of anAustralian Raven with a little fish.
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/51659945

פורסם על-ידי kalimata לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

An Australasian Darter fishing https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/40747889

פורסם על-ידי kalimata לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

Thank you for the reminder @wamoz. I saw the observation at the time but failed to add it to my predatioin listing. I agree - it's a cracker of an observation. Thanks again.

פורסם על-ידי markmcg לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

Hi @kalimata. Thank you very much for letting me know about your two observations, I appreciate that. I've commented on both requesting that you upload the images again as observation of the fishes. That way they can be added to the Australasian Fishes Project and my list of fish predators. :)

פורסם על-ידי markmcg לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

Uploading a couple of old pics of cuttlefish eating yakkas

פורסם על-ידי dentrock לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

Will do @markmcg. I am trying to find one more observation of a Pied Cormorant which was "fishing" and then I'll upload all again as observation of fishes.

פורסם על-ידי kalimata לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

@markmcg I've just uploaded the three observations - Darter, Pied Cormorant and Raven. Will remember with others in the future.

פורסם על-ידי kalimata לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

Thank you @dentrock. That's terrific. Any chance you can shoot through a url? This will allow be to update the above journal entry. :)

פורסם על-ידי markmcg לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

Wonderful news @kalimata. Perhaps it's a caching issue but I can't find your new observations. I had the same problem with the newly uploaded observations made by @dentrock. I'd be grateful if you could list the urls. Thank you very much. :)

פורסם על-ידי markmcg לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

Super thank you @kalimata. Much appreciated. :)

פורסם על-ידי markmcg לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

Here is an observation of mine. Australasian darter with yellowfin bream. Brisbane River near Customs House. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/34670835

פורסם על-ידי cubesy לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

I have now added an observation as yellowfin bream and added to the Australasian Fishes project with "fish as prey"

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/60053095

פורסם על-ידי cubesy לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

@markmcg, I tried to put boney fish as you suggested, but the system changed it to ray-finned fish. So I hope someone, more knowledgeable than I am about fish, can name them accurately.

פורסם על-ידי kalimata לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

I was scrolling through Black Bream obs and came across this one - https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/22875598.

פורסם על-ידי wamoz לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

My obs of Sepia apama catching Trachurus novaezelandiae is at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60030965

פורסם על-ידי dentrock לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

Hi @cubesy. Thank you very much to directing me to the observation of the darter and for adding it as new observation of the fish. Much appreciated. :) I've add the new observation to my list of fish/predator interactions.

פורסם על-ידי markmcg לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

Hi @kalimata. Apologies for the confusion. ray-finned fishes is fine. Thanks again. :)

פורסם על-ידי markmcg לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

Thank you @wamoz. I missed that one. It's now on the list. :)

פורסם על-ידי markmcg לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

Awesome observation @dentrock. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. I've added it to my list of fish predators and also added "cuttlefish" to this blog post. :)

פורסם על-ידי markmcg לפני יותר מ 3 שנים

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