fish id please
Submitted by petermac on Sat, 2016-02-20 22:11
caught three very solid fish behind covenrty reef to day very black (sweep like bodys) with black fins but the tips of the fins were bright blue cant find them in my fish id book any 1 got ant idears (I let them go)
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Ben Derecki
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McCulloch's Scalyfin?
One of these Pete?
http://getfishing.com.au/speciesid/mccullochs-scalyfin/
petermac
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Date Joined: 03/03/10
yes thats it
that is it exactly
Ben Derecki
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Date Joined: 10/10/07
This one's got the blue
This one's got the blue around the anal fin; my book shows them around the dorsal and tail too.
nightfish
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Date Joined: 18/10/10
Western blue devil fish
maybe? Can't upload photos so you will need to look it up
ranmar850
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Date Joined: 12/08/12
Scalyfin of some type. (Western?)
Very common on reeef areas, you normally wouldn't catch them as you don't use tiny hooks fishing that kind of ground.
West Coast
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Date Joined: 10/12/07
Aggressive.
See heaps diving. They are very territorial.
Moist and Salty
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Date Joined: 28/10/14
Angry little ***kers when
Angry little ***kers when chasing crays around them
Subaquatic
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Date Joined: 23/04/11
I call them little bastard
I call them little bastard fish...Always pecking you around the face. Very annoying.
Paully
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Date Joined: 15/08/09
Rocko Cod
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sea-kem
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Date Joined: 30/11/09
Ha ha
Ha ha
Love the West!
MandurahMatt
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Date Joined: 18/09/13
Pete went fishing! I take it
Pete went fishing! I take it the works at Bent st ramp are finished.
Bewdey Fellaz