box fish?
Submitted by petervb on Mon, 2013-02-25 08:46
Any ideas what this sucker is? caught in 17m off mindarie..... tasted pretty good but im not feeling so great now :) haha
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rooboy111
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Looks like a leather jacket
Looks like a leather jacket ?
One day I'll be a good fisherman ........
Jayden20
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cow fish I belive
cow fish I belive
carnarvonite
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Barred toadfish
Pretty sure its a barred toadfish
petervb
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cheers, was a weird fish- the
cheers, was a weird fish- the whole body was rigid and he could pretty much only move the end of his tail and fins above & below
Glenn Moore
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Western Smooth Boxfish
This is a male Western Smooth Boxfish Anoplocapros robustus.
Glenn Moore
Curator of Fishes
Western Australian Museum
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bundyrum
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Why would you eat it?
Why eat it if you don't know what it is?
Here's some info for you;
Remarks
Although the flesh is not poisonous, a mucous toxin, ostracitoxin, is present in boxfishes and some species can secrete the poison under stress. The toxin kills other fish, and eventually the boxfish themselves if exposed to it. As the precise location of this toxin in all species is not fully understood, boxfish should be considered potentially toxic to humans and their consumption as food should be avoided.scottnofish
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Don't you think that
When he wrote haha :) that he may have been joking
bundyrum
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If he did eat it you can
If he did eat it you can understand why he wasn't feeling so good afterwards if it released the toxin.
458italia
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hahahah
Are u retarted? Why would u just eat anything especially something like this! Your gonna die from eating a poisonous fish 100%
one day a mulloway!
Moist and Salty
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Triggermetimbers
Triggermetimbers
Jimbob01
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RIP
RIP
Fishin since "01"
Willlo
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Retarted lol.
Retarted lol.
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petervb
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retarted
hahaha all good guys i'm only slightly 'retarted' and back from the dead lol & no for those wondering i didnt eat or neck him, was released to share his toxins another time. eating box fish is retarted.
sea-kem
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Nicely triggered
Nicely triggered
Love the West!
JohnF
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Boxfish for boxhead?
Boxfish for boxhead?
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
petervb
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Yep john, got it in 1.
Yep john, got it in 1.