Fish Identity

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Fish Identity

Post by Lennykravitz » Tue Jul 26, 2022 8:47 pm

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Flathead species
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Have been fishing the Maribyrnong River near Footscray Rd bridge targeting bream and no luck as yet. Hooked on to a little flathead which to me seems to be of the rock variety…could this really be??

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Re: Fish Identity

Post by fishnut » Tue Jul 26, 2022 8:54 pm

Don't know if it's a flathead
The head on a flathead is usually flatter and the tail fin vertical
The fishes tail in the pic looks horizontal

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Re: Fish Identity

Post by fisho999 » Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:07 pm

could be some kind of guppy?

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Re: Fish Identity

Post by fisho999 » Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:08 pm

maybe a hybrid?

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Re: Fish Identity

Post by purple5ive » Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:30 pm

Probably a tupong.

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Re: Fish Identity

Post by Lennykravitz » Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:31 pm

Unfortunately I had to reduce the size of the photo to get it up…maybe not enough clarity for an accurate identification. Would a guppy have spikes on the rear of the head as well?

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Re: Fish Identity

Post by Lennykravitz » Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:42 pm

Tupong it is then. Otherwise known as freshwater flathead. Not sure about spikes either. But really did look like a rock flathead to me. Ticked the tupong off the list anyway. Cheers fellow fishos 😛

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Re: Fish Identity

Post by Sebb » Wed Jul 27, 2022 8:56 am

Maybe a goby?
I caught few of them in docklands a while ago.
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Re: Fish Identity

Post by canned_tuna » Wed Jul 27, 2022 7:08 pm

Its def a tupong, I used to catch heaps of them in the maribyrnong in both fresh and salt. They say they are quite tasty if you get a good size one but they dont get much bigger than the one in your pic

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Re: Fish Identity

Post by Don Fisher » Thu Jul 28, 2022 2:05 pm

Wouldn’t eat anything out of the maribyrnong no matter how big.

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