Bloggsy Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Can some one tell me what this fish is please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Blackfish Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 If I had to have a guess and it was caught on the south coast of NSW. Common Gurnard Perch. Noesebastes scorpaenoides Guichenot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rickmarlin62 Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 ugly for starters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tackleberry Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 no help here but i will say if you get spiked by him you will have a fun day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 blackfish angler Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 (edited) Is it a Gurnard Perch ? ( Guide to Fishes ) Edited October 29, 2016 by blackfish angler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 blackfish angler Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 16 minutes ago, Blackfish said: If I had to have a guess and it was caught on the south coast of NSW. Common Gurnard Perch. Noesebastes scorpaenoides Guichenot. Blackfish I would say it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Blackfish Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Ok, majority rules then BA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Bloggsy Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 Great thanks guys for the info sounds like a fish to stay clear of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yowie Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 AS the writing in the photo states, "it is a first-rate food fish". My book of "hard to identify fish" indicates it could be Neosebastes panticus, a Gulf gurnard scorpionfish. Regardless, the fish is from the SCORPAENIDAE family, very poisonous dorsal spines, and most are very good eating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Blackfish Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 11 minutes ago, Yowie said: AS the writing in the photo states, "it is a first-rate food fish". My book of "hard to identify fish" indicates it could be Neosebastes panticus, a Gulf gurnard scorpionfish. Regardless, the fish is from the SCORPAENIDAE family, very poisonous dorsal spines, and most are very good eating. Howie I think it could be out of its area the Gulf Gurnard and it doesn't seem to have the spines or ridges on its head. Happy to be wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yowie Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 (edited) Blackfish, The book I use sometimes is Australian Sea Fishes, South of 30 degrees S (also use Australian Sea Fishes, North of 30 degrees S). Written by Neville Coleman, a scuba diver and associate of the Australian Museum. I was looking at the description in the book, which indicates the fish is found from Victoria to the west (though as fishos we catch unusual fish in areas not specified they be caught) and the Gulf Gurnard has white, black and red colouration in the photo and physical description. Just putting it up here as a possibility. (I have done quite a bit of fishing in my time, but this is one species I have not caught) Not trying to detract from your I.D. Another one of those harder than normal to I.D. fish. I spoke to a couple of people at the Australian Museum regarding the Lizardfish I caught early this year, and they are happy to I.D. unusual fish, but need the specimen to be frozen whole, not gutted or scaled, and taken to them as soon as possible. Dave. Edited October 30, 2016 by Yowie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 big Neil Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Yep a Gurnard. I got spiked by one when fishing at Port Welshpool in Gippsland and ended up with my hand and arm going black and a 5 hour visit to hospital. The fish was dead when I got spiked, to make matters worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Blackfish Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Thanks Dave, when you put up that suggestion I googled it (because I've never heard of that critter) and found it on the Australian Museum site. I didn't think it looked like the fish in question, but hey I'm happy to be wrong so the fish is positively ID'ed. All good mate, met Neville Coleman a few times in the 80's and have a few stories but that another time. Gordon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Can some one tell me what this fish is please.
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