Fish ID please
Submitted by stephenm on Tue, 2013-09-03 10:40
Hi Guys, my young bloke caught this recently in Busselton and not sure what it is?
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Auslobster
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Could be...
...either a pipefish or a flutemouth.
stephenm
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That's what I was tending to
That's what I was tending to lean towards was a Flutemouth. It was a brilliant green colour.
Glenn Moore
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Tubemouth
Fantastic! This is a Tubemouth Siphonognathus argyrophanes. Despite its appearance, it is not related to pipefish or a flutemouth - it actually related to the Rainbow Cale and Herring Cale and various weed-whiting (which are not true whiting, but that's another story...) in the Odacidae. You must have been in seagrass. I've never seen one caught on a hook before.
Glenn Moore
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Western Australian Museum
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stephenm
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Thanks for the info
Yes we were drifting for squid and the kids were playing around trying to catch anything that moved on the weed bed. the kids thought it was great seeing the colours and then being able to watch it swim away.
I should have put it up for a Fishwrecked record??
Cheers for the reply
meglodon
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you could have
You could have kept it and put it up for a FW record. But, I for one are very happy to see that you released a rare fish to live and get on with it. You have the picture of a very rare capture and you haven't killed a very rare fish well done.
scottnofish
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dont have to keep a fish
to get a FW record ,as long as you have a photo on a brag mat or ruler you can still release after