Ugly fish ID pls
Submitted by JW on Mon, 2013-03-18 21:07
Caught this in Exxy last week, any ideas?
Its head looked way too big for its body...
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CURT
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Star gazer
Ok to eat apparently
dodgy
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Blotched Jawfish
Blotched Jawfish
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Adam Gallash
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+1
Dodgy's onto it.
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randall df223
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one for the curator me
one for the curator me thinks...
Fish! HARD!
dodgy
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Nah. Pretty common in the
Nah. Pretty common in the north if you drift off the good ground and onto mud.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
carnarvonite
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Agreed
Patterns don't match any of the stargazers or jawfish in my books
Glenn Moore
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Black Jawfish
This one is a Black Jawfish Opistognathus inornatus. It is generally less common that the Blotched Jawfish, which also has much bigger spots on the sides. And, for what it is worth, I think he is rather handsome!
Glenn Moore
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Western Australian Museum
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