Fish ID from Sandringham

[shazdoggg]

cheers

[shazdoggg]

Blennys seem to have 1 long dorsal fin as opposed to 2 separate fins on the dorsal region in your pic! That rules out blennys!!

[rixter]

Ah yes, the tail does look different to a gurnard , the rest looked the same. It almost looks like one of those 'Rockskipper' fish that live in the shallows amongst the rocks/coral ? .
I've never seen one that big though / if that's what is ( although I doubt it ? ) Strange...

Although, it still could maybe be a baby Gurnard ? ( I've never seen a baby/ small one / so I don't know how their tail looks when young ? ) , but they do have blue and yellow in the large side fins as adults / and it looks similar.

Cheers , Rick.

[hornet]

I've caught heaps of these at the warmies, I just call them gudgeons in general...

[rixter]

I just call them gudgeons in general...

Which is also knows as a grey gurnard.

Cheers , Rick.

[snapperslayer]

I would call it some sort of a Goby

[rixter]

I would call it some sort of a Goby

Actually very close to the shape of a goby , although they are more of a freshwater fish. The only type of Goby I know of (Sirajo Goby) that has close to the same shape ,even the same tail shape / in the below picture, but as I mentioned this is more of a freshwater fish; and apart from the tail shape , it doesn't look very much like the fish species in question.

Still , it could be anything really ? , there's old species dying becoming extinct all the time, and new species popping up all the time in the animal kingdom.

[CarlG]

Goby. Boby shape is spot on, and there are bloody thousands of different species, bulk of them marine. Interesting you point out that freshwater one Rixter, never seen a freshwater Goby..many thanks for that..!
Ps, have caught a couple back in the uk, got one in Blyth Harbour many years ago, big bugger, would have been over 250mm long..

[Drifta-X]

Looks like mrs Drifta

[DougieK]

Got a heap of these trying to get some baitfish in a trap at mt martha one day.