Fish ID
Submitted by BlowieMasta on Wed, 2012-03-28 22:20
Hey guys,
Mate caught this on 4 inch snapback while we were fishing in Dawesville Cut for skippy.
Never seen anything like it... anyone got a clue?
Had a kinda big low hinged jaw like a threadfin...
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Cheers,
Dave
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Bunny
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Grinner
Grinner
Jutty
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What about the fish?
What about the fish?
bod
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Painted Grinner
Fishwreckapedia page 4
Painted Grinner - Trachinocephalus myopsAlso known as Painted Lizardfish, Bluntnose Lizardfish and Snakefish, Painted Grinner are long and slender with alternating narrow dark-edged pale blue and yellow stripes. There is an oblique black spot at the upper end of the operculum. The snout is very short and the mouth is oblique with numerous fine sharp teeth. The eye is far forward. There is a short-based first dorsal fin followed by a small adipose dorsal fin and the caudal fin is deeply forked.
They grow to 66cms in length.
Painted Grinner are considered average eating. They are popular in the aquarium trade.
In Australia they are found from Fremantle Western Australia, around the tropical north to southern New South Wales, over sandy bottoms where they burrow themselves leaving only their eyes exposed.
BlowieMasta
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oh yeh found on fish id
oh yeh found on fish id pages now that i have a name...
too bad we dont have the technology to search by facial recognition for fishies yet, haha
never heard of em, nor caught them before, are they common?
Cheers,
Dave
scottland
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They seem to
Be getting more common lately. One was caught in the swan at swan fish
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scottnofish
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candy for dhuies
they last about 30 seconds on the bottom before they get eaten
Outrageous
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Good bait
I agree with scottnofish, I have used them for bait when out wide - chasing red's, they don't last long on the bottom.
Have caught them, if i drift too far off the mark - normally then on sandy bottom
They have produced some good fish for me.
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