What squid is this?

Is this a normal catch in Perth Waters??? (the top one)

I have been fishing here for about 20 years and never caught one of these. Caught just out off south Beach.

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interesting?

Sun, 2011-04-17 18:40

caught a few in cervantes phil. Seems like the story of this season though with so many different species coming down from northern waters. I spotted some golden trevally off the new coogee development while diving months ago.

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Arrow Squid?

Sun, 2011-04-17 19:18

Hi Tony, Hope all is well.

I looked on line and it says that they are arrow squid. and that they are caught in southern waters. Is this right? I fished most of my life out of Dunsborough and never caught any down there??

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arrow head squid are a

Sun, 2011-04-17 19:23

arrow head squid are a southern speices that i think live in deeper waters. its strange that you got one. how shallow was it? the last one i have heard about in perth is goodz got one in deep water while jigging. apparently they dont taste the same as calamari but still alright to eat. its also weird that you only got one they normaly school up in pretty big numbers.

whats gonna be caught next in perth coral trout???

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Is it an arrow squid? This is

Sun, 2011-04-17 19:28

Is it an arrow squid? This is what I thought an arrow squid looked like;

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they do look different ay the

Sun, 2011-04-17 19:31

they do look different ay the top one has more of the rounded wings where this one had straight wings coming into the tube? but yer im pretty shore the top one is still an arrow head.

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Yeah that's the one I caught

Sun, 2011-04-17 19:33

Yeah that's the one I caught in 80m or so behind rotto. Hooked on the bottom on the jig. Pretty sure that's an arrow squid? The one in the top pic looks pretty different.. Hmm

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 This is def what I know as a

Sun, 2011-04-17 19:59

 This is def what I know as a Arrow, we used them for bait when fishing on the tuna long liners in the southern waters.

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depth

Sun, 2011-04-17 19:30

caught in 8m of water

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Dunno what it is

Sun, 2011-04-17 19:48

There are four main Squid/Calamari species found in Australia:
  
Loligo Squid (Loligo formosa and Loligo chinensis) is also known as Hawkesbury squid. They have mottled pinky-purple skin, long thin bodies and pointy side fins that run about half their length. Typically they are about 20cm long and weigh 100g and are found in estuaries along the NSW coast.
 
Gould’s Squid (Nototodarus gouldi) is also known as arrow, torpedo, or seined, squid. They have smooth, light brownish-pink skin with a purpley-blue stripe running down the tube and average 600-800g. They are found around the southern Australian coastline from southern Queensland to Geraldton in WA.
 
Southern Calamari (Sepioteuthis australis) have mottled purpley-brown skin with long, rounded side fins running almost the full length of their body. They are typically about 16cm long, weigh around 150g and are common in coastal bays around southern Australia from Brisbane to Shark Bay in WA, with most of the commercial catch coming from SA.
 
Northern Calamari (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) have thick, dark browny-green bodies with long side fins running almost their full length. They average about 15cm, weigh about 500g and are found around Australia’s northern coast from northern NSW to south of Shark Bay in WA. Most of the commercial catch comes from southern Queensland in winter.

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http://australianmuseum.net.a

Sun, 2011-04-17 20:01

http://australianmuseum.net.au/image/Squid-Loligo/

I know it says it shouldnt be here but looks a hell of a lot like your squid...

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its amazing how different

Sun, 2011-04-17 20:31

different fish/squid/crustaceans look when they are dead and alive though!! the top one looks like it has been in the esky on ice and the other pic looks straight out of the water and bigger which can change the colouration again!!

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that looks like it.

Sun, 2011-04-17 20:33

loligo..

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 dont know what sort it was

Sun, 2011-04-17 21:32

 dont know what sort it was but im sure it turned into rings the same as the other one. 

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That's a loligo and I think

Sun, 2011-04-17 21:41

That's a loligo and I think you're right - they're usually found in the tropics.

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Loligo

Mon, 2011-04-18 06:20

 Yep top one is a loligo, a species found in esturine and lake systems here on the east coast, not so sure about the tropical habitat,biggest they graw to here is 330grams ang about 30cm in hood length, average size 15cm length and 150grams , totaly different from an Arrow, They trawl for the Loligo here on the Hawkesbury in Broken Bay , highly valued by resturaunts for food and fisherman as bait.Bottom squid is a small Southern Cal.

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Loligo

Mon, 2011-04-18 06:20

 Yep top one is a loligo, a species found in esturine and lake systems here on the east coast, not so sure about the tropical habitat,biggest they graw to here is 330grams ang about 30cm in hood length, average size 15cm length and 150grams , totaly different from an Arrow, They trawl for the Loligo here on the Hawkesbury in Broken Bay , highly valued by resturaunts for food and fisherman as bait.Bottom squid is a small Southern Cal.

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