Not quite sure??
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Not quite sure??
My first thought was a gurnard, but not sure and what better place to ask hey?
Caught off Red Point , Cape Woolamai.
Caught off Red Point , Cape Woolamai.
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Re: Not quite sure??
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??
It's definately a species of Gurnard
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Re: Not quite sure??
Pretty sure it's a Thornfish. https://www.google.com.au/search?q=bovi ... 68&bih=985
Re: Not quite sure??
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
http://portphillipmarinelife.net.au/species/6363
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Re: Not quite sure??
Amazing I have fished around here since 1982 and never seen or heard of one fishing is an amazing thing
Re: Not quite sure??
Weird, black colours don't really resemble any commonly-caught fish. Its physique displays the attributes of a flathead, though.
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