Fish ID please
Submitted by mucsavage on Sun, 2012-08-05 00:54
This was caught by a mate this evening around north metro.
Not a clue to what it is..
Can anyone clarify what it is please.
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andyrew
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flathead mated with a moray
flathead mated with a moray eel?
bod
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this?
Rock Ling - Genypterus tigerinus
Rock Ling are elongated fish with an eel-like tail and are densely mottled with irregular blotches of grey shades and white. Larger adults are darker, some almost black. The jaw extends well behind the eye when the mouth is closed. The pelvic fins are positioned below the eye. The body is coated in a layer of mucous.
Rock Ling grow to 7 kgs and 1.2 metres in length.
They are considered good eating with firm, white and moist flesh.
Rock Ling are endemic to Australia, found from south-west Western Australia, around the southern coast to central New South Wales, including Tasmania, in shallow rocky reef areas.
mucsavage
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Cheers Bod
Thanks a million for the info there. That does defo look like it alright.
The fella in the pics. Went back to grow to his 7kgs.
Was the first time I've seem them over here. But the post says's they are endemic to australia.
Cheers for the info and the pic/post. Nice one..!!
beau
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Cobbler?
Cobbler?
till
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I would guess bog standard
I would guess bog standard cobbler too myself.
mucsavage
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the fish caught, Did not have
the fish caught, Did not have as many tenticals on the head as the cobbler has..
I have more pics of it on the phone. Il try upload them soon.
Rig
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cobbler
100% a cobbler, watch out for there 3 spines on top and either sides of their heads its a very painful sting.
They are alos very good to eat but that one would be undersize by the looks.
they are protected inthe river at the moment but north metro is all good
carnarvonite
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Cobbler
Going for the cobbler as well
bradzino
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Cobbler for sure
Seems a safe bet to me...
Zoggy84
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Same thing i caught the
Same thing i caught the other week and had a nice feed from it. I was told rock ling also.
The name is Zoe.
If any1 but the wife asks im fishing, if she asks im at work.
Splashback
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cobbler spines, rock ling no spines
But both a whole lot of yum!!! Caught a 90 cm cobbler in Mandurah a while back and had a good look at the spines under the microscope and they are some piece of work! Serrated edges like a tiger shark tooth and grooves up the side for poison injection.
You would never ever want to cop one of those.
Rods: a few
Reels: a few too
Personal best: eaten and forgotten
Location: North Mandurah
mucsavage
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Are the spines toxic to
Are the spines toxic to humans? When we were releasing him we didnt touch the critter. We just picked it up with a pliers and shunted it off.
We did see the spine perturding out from the dorsal fin. Ugly fish altogether. lol
carnarvonite
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Sting
If you get stung by one you will certainly know about it.
If you get stung on the foot it will feel like someone is trying to burn your foot off and it throbs big time while its happening. The puncture wound will bleed like there is no tomorrow
The thing to do is get the area under HOT water, as hot as you can bear and a bit more on top, this causes the toxins to break down. Urinate on it if you don't have ready access to hot water. The same goes for gurnard and stingray stings
mucsavage
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Note to self: Never grab them
Note to self: Never grab them little critters to take it off the hook..
Id say the sting would lift you outta it.. Good to know the result and cure from one if me or a mate ever gets tagged by one..
Cheers.
carnarvonite
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Lip grips
If you don't have lip grips , the best way is---thumb on top of the nose and a finger in each side of its gills, that way it leaves your other hand free to do whatever, remove hooks etc.
Rig
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spines
in the top photo you can actually see the spines at the front of each fin, they are around 25mm long and the fish skin wraps around them to hide.
As you say splashback they are serrated nasty things. If you keep one to eat the first thing to do is break off the spines with a pair of pliers and discard to a safe location
Rig
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white line
if you look at the top dorsal fin see that white line running down the front of it, thats the top spine, two others on each pectoral fin
Adam Gallash
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Cobbler
Yup, cobbler
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beau
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Dad got a spike in the foot
Dad got a spike in the foot last year while crabbing, went straight through his bootie. at the hospital he insisted the nurse put hotter water on the wound as the pain was unbearable, it got to a point where the nurse was putting boiling water on the sole of his foot just to ease the pain. Wasn't long after the ordeal that a blister the size of a mandarin blew up the bottom of his foot, one of the most disgusting things I've seen
UncutTriggerInWA
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Cobbler for me as well.
Nice eating but I hate the bastards. In my surfing days I was always stepping on them and heading to hospital for treatment. I can tell you that a groin inflamation is something you should avoid experiencing with these buggers.. Geeesssss. OUCH!
Vince.
Work smart and fish often.
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Seafari
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Looks like it could be what
Looks like it could be what they call a Kingklip in South Africa. I did not realise that we get them here. Lovely eating fish although that one looks like a baby. http://www7.taosnet.com/platinum/data/species/kingklip.html
Walfootrot
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Cobbler, black gold, A1
Cobbler, black gold, A1 eating, as stated if stung, hot water, hot as you can take it, if no hot water around, then rub your fingers on the underside of the cobbler ( if you have it ) and rub it no the sting area. The hot water should be used on all marine stings, used it when a ray barbed me through my foot.
If your on a boat you can use the water outlet on the motor.
Hope ya never get stung!
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!