what kind of fish species are these mate?

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Post by Hosery » Tue Aug 07, 2018 4:29 pm

benplus wrote:flathead gudgeon
Yep spot on. Flathead gudgeon.

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Post by canned_tuna » Tue Aug 07, 2018 4:30 pm

Yes they are tupong I have caught them in both fresh and salt of the maribyrnong althought this was some 25 years ago

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Post by smile0784 » Tue Aug 07, 2018 5:37 pm

purple5ive wrote:
smile0784 wrote:Flathead
HAND YOUR LICENCE IN NOW :tongue:
What licence lol.

Been too long forgot
What theylook like

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Post by 4liters » Tue Aug 07, 2018 5:59 pm

It's not a tupong but they do look similar

This is a tupong. They'll grow to about 30cm long
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This is a gudgeon
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Post by canned_tuna » Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:38 pm

I'll be buggered I called them tupong for sooooo long haha

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Post by smile0784 » Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:40 pm

Not either then

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Post by dazz999 » Tue Aug 07, 2018 7:14 pm

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Post by Truedogz » Wed Aug 08, 2018 6:32 am

The pictures aren't clear enough to make a definite id. BTW tupong (also known as congolli) and flat headed gudgeon are not the same species. Tupong grow much bigger, to over 40 cm, while 8 cm is a big gudgeon.

From details in the second pic it is probably a goby of some sort, possibly a bridled goby.

https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid ... 75afe8dfdf

I've caught them and blue spot goby years ago off the piers near Williamstown and in the lower Maribyrnong.

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Re: what kind of fish species are these mate?

Post by Brett » Wed Aug 08, 2018 8:34 am

Truedogz wrote: From details in the second pic it is probably a goby of some sort, possibly a bridled goby.

https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid ... 75afe8dfdf

I've caught them and blue spot goby years ago off the piers near Williamstown and in the lower Maribyrnong.

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I agree, the bottom pic def looks more like a Goby.

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