Following Xiang Yang's order.
The fishing boat quickly turned around on the spot.
The catch of this second net was obviously much less than that of the first net, but the total catch was still over 10,000 kilograms.
With these two networks, Xiang Yang will definitely make money on this trip overseas.
"Hurry up and clean up the catch on the deck. When we get to the shore, I will give each of you a red envelope of 200 yuan." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
As long as they made money, Xiang Yang's benefits to the crew members were never empty talk, but always real money. The more money they made, the bigger the rewards they received. Even if they didn't make much, they would still give them a red envelope as a token of their appreciation.
The crew members also liked this about Xiang Yang.
Encouraged by the red envelopes, the crew members immediately worked harder.
Just as everyone was busy cleaning up the catch on the deck, a crew member suddenly jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on, "Oh my god, what kind of fish is this?"
"What's going on?" Xiang Yang heard the shout and hurried over.
At the same time, Chen Qingsheng on the side also shouted loudly: "Everyone, disperse and stop standing around to watch the fun."
The crew member's exclamation was a bit exaggerated, and similarly, the unknown marine creature might also be exaggerated.
There are many dangerous marine creatures in the ocean.
Before figuring out what the marine creature was, rashly letting a group of crew members gather around to watch it might very likely cause unnecessary safety accidents. Therefore, as the first mate, Chen Qingsheng naturally stopped the crew members from approaching at the first opportunity.
Those crew members who originally wanted to gather around to find out what was going on, stopped immediately after hearing Chen Qingsheng's shout, and retreated to the edge of the deck.
Soon, a large open space appeared on the deck at the stern.
"Captain." Chen Qingsheng quickly ran to Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang nodded, but he didn't look at Chen Qingsheng. Instead, he kept staring at the center of the catch.
Chen Qingsheng also glanced at the catch. Suddenly, he was stunned. "Hey, is this a manta ray?"
Xiang Yang frowned. "From the appearance, it should be a bat fish, but the color is too special."
The real name of the manta fish is manta ray, also known as carpet ray. It is a general term for fish of the class Chondrichthyes and family Mantas. Because of its very strange appearance, it is commonly known as the devil fish.
Manta rays are very dangerous. They are extremely powerful and can easily kill an adult human male with just a flick of their fins.
This kind of fish was not the first time Xiang Yang had seen it. To be precise, everyone on the entire ocean-going fishing ship had seen this kind of fish, but the one in front of him was really special.
Its color is not the common pitch black, nor is it the beautiful black and white, but a cute pink.
This manta ray is bright pink all over and is as beautiful as a fairy tale creature.
"Could it be a completely new species that has never been discovered before?" Chen Qingsheng asked puzzledly.
Xiang Yang shook his head. "No, this shouldn't be a completely new species of manta ray, and it's not something we haven't discovered before."
"Has anyone seen this pink manta ray before?" Chen Qingsheng asked in surprise.
Xiang Yang nodded and said, "Yes, before this, near the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, there was a very famous manta ray with a wingspan of nearly seven meters and a weight of about two tons. It was very famous because it had a unique pink appearance in the world. It was the only pink manta ray that humans had discovered in the world before."
"So, the one we have on our ship right now is the second pink manta ray in the world?" Chen Qingsheng said in surprise.
Xiang Yang understood why Chen Qingsheng was happy.
As the saying goes, rare things are valuable. The value of a pink manta ray, which is only one of its kind in the world, is simply immeasurable.
Pink manta rays are something you can only encounter by chance.
So far, humans have never caught this pink manta ray.
The first pink manta ray discovered by humans was named after Inspector Clotho, the protagonist of the classic series "Pink Panther".
Although the pink manta ray lives near Australia's Great Barrier Reef all year round, very few people have ever seen it.
It has been several years since humans first discovered the pink manta ray, but there are not many photos or videos of it, let alone capturing it.
According to authoritative media statistics, since humans discovered the pink manta ray, there have been no more than ten sightings in the five years since then.
Finnish photographer Christian Lane was the first to discover the existence of pink manta rays in nature.
At that time, the pink manta ray and six other common manta rays were circling around a coral reef in the sea, and the whole circle lasted for half an hour.
That's actually the manta ray's courtship ritual.
A pink manta ray and six male manta rays are competing for the mate position of a female manta ray. After taking pictures of the group of manta rays, the photographer looked back at the photos and still couldn't believe that one of the manta rays he photographed was actually pink. At first he thought it was a camera malfunction.
In fact, many marine creatures have the habit of swimming around coral reefs.
This is actually because fish live in the sea, and it is inevitable that parasites or barnacles will grow on their bodies.
Fish don't have hands and can't scratch themselves like humans, so they find some coral reefs of suitable shape, circle around them, and clean the parasites and barnacles off their skin.
Some coral reefs are just the right shape and size, so they will be targeted by fish and become regular scratching spots.
"I don't know if it is the second pink manta ray in nature. After all, if there is one or two, there may be three or even more. But this is definitely the first pink manta ray caught by humans so far." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
Before this, Xiang Yang had never heard of any fishermen catching pink manta rays.
At this time, Fang Youqun came over. He squatted two meters in front of the pink manta ray and looked at it curiously, "Brother Yang, shouldn't all manta rays be black? Why is this one pink?"
Xiang Yang pondered for a moment, then said: "Normally, the color of a manta ray should be black on the back and white on the belly, or a pattern of alternating black and white on the back. Since manta ray swim in a flat position in the water, a dark back and light belly can help them hide themselves better in the sea. This is the result of natural selection and the survival of the fittest."
"Could it be that a long time ago, there were many pink manta rays in the ocean, but they all became extinct because their color was too conspicuous, so the number of pink manta rays is so rare today," asked Fang Youqun.