Not quite sure??

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Not quite sure??

Post by Dylmiest » Sat Apr 22, 2017 7:27 pm

My first thought was a gurnard, but not sure and what better place to ask hey?
Caught off Red Point , Cape Woolamai.
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Re: Not quite sure??

Post by bilby » Sat Apr 22, 2017 7:53 pm

It appears to be some (unusual) species of flathead ... but no idea which one!

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Re: Not quite sure??

Post by Nude up » Sat Apr 22, 2017 8:07 pm

Looks like a type of gurnard/latchet fish but I have not seen one like that before usually big eye or butterfly

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Re: Not quite sure??

Post by Boonanza » Sat Apr 22, 2017 8:08 pm

It's definately a species of Gurnard
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Re: Not quite sure??

Post by Brett » Sat Apr 22, 2017 8:41 pm


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Re: Not quite sure??

Post by bilby » Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:19 pm

So it is - I've never heard of these. The one you linked to, Brett is a NZ variety, apparently. Maybe it is this species, listed as being in Port Phillip Bay? (The Dragonet or Bovichtus angustifrons)
http://portphillipmarinelife.net.au/species/6363

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Re: Not quite sure??

Post by Dylmiest » Sat Apr 22, 2017 10:24 pm

I think your onto it there!! Beauty!

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Re: Not quite sure??

Post by Nude up » Sat Apr 22, 2017 11:12 pm

Amazing I have fished around here since 1982 and never seen or heard of one fishing is an amazing thing

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Re: Not quite sure??

Post by AzCoy7 » Tue Apr 16, 2019 12:19 pm

Weird, black colours don't really resemble any commonly-caught fish. Its physique displays the attributes of a flathead, though.

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Re: Not quite sure??

Post by Dylmiest » Tue Apr 16, 2019 1:27 pm

Yeah very different hey, I had no idea!

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