I was thinking along those lines too. First thoughts as it was coming up was flounder but then reached the surface and had no clue. It was a very flat fish if that helps IDing it??
Like the WA Salmon, Beaked Salmon Gonorynchus greyii are not even vaguely related to true salmon (they are not related to WA Salmon either!). The are reasonably common in bays and estuaries in southern Australia but usually only seen at night. Although they get to around 50cm and are apparently good eating, I rarely hear of one being caught on line. They look like this - note the single dorsal fin positioned way down it's back.
Also known as Prickly Leatherjacket, Tasselled Leatherjacket are deep, compressed fish coloured brown with a series of black lines on the head and body and often with bright blue spots and lines on the body. Two black blotches may be present on the side of the body, above the pectoral fin base. The body has skin flaps, a large caudal fin and a strong first dorsal fin spine. The eyes are high on the head and the snout is tapered and projecting. There are specialised incisor teeth on the upper jaw, four on the inner jaw and six on the outer jaw.
Tasselled Leatherjacket grow to 31cms in length.
They are considered very good eating.
In Australia, Tasselled Leatherjacket are found from south-west Western Australia, around the tropical north, then south to central New South Wales.
Wes F
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Puffer/Box fish
Did it have a hard outside? Get a lot of different varieties.
Old fishermen never die they just smell that way.
Timmo
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Nah didnt touch it. thought
Nah didnt touch it. thought it might have been some kind of sweep? Had no idea! Went back in anyway...
king chief
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looks like some sort of dory
looks like some sort of dory
Live hard fish harder
Tradewind
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Pretty sure it's a Western
Pretty sure it's a Western Smooth Boxfish, probably male
chrisd
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Boxfish
Yeah some kind of boxfish I've had a few from Freo before.
Jayden20
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looks like a type of
looks like a type of leatherjacket
Timmo
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I was thinking along those
I was thinking along those lines too. First thoughts as it was coming up was flounder but then reached the surface and had no clue. It was a very flat fish if that helps IDing it??
Wes F
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Swan river species
Shame there's no pictures to refer to.
http://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/AN%20ANNOTATED%20CHECKLIST%20OF%20THE%20FISHES%20OF%20THE%20SWAN-AVON%20RIVER%20SYSTEM,%20WESTERN%20AUSTRALIA.pdf
Old fishermen never die they just smell that way.
Tradewind
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What an interesting readLove
What an interesting read
Love this part:
SALMO GAJRDNERI RICHARDSON, 1836
Glenn Moore
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Beaked Salmon
Like the WA Salmon, Beaked Salmon Gonorynchus greyii are not even vaguely related to true salmon (they are not related to WA Salmon either!). The are reasonably common in bays and estuaries in southern Australia but usually only seen at night. Although they get to around 50cm and are apparently good eating, I rarely hear of one being caught on line. They look like this - note the single dorsal fin positioned way down it's back.
http://www.fishesofaustralia.net.au/images/image/GonorynGreyiRandall.jpg
Glenn Moore
Curator of Fishes
Western Australian Museum
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Tradewind
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Beautiful looking fish,
Beautiful looking fish, thanks Glen
petermac
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looks like
looks like my ex mother inlaw hang on it is her
bod
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Tasselled Leatherjacket - Chaetodermis penicilligera
http://fishwrecked.com/content/fishwreckapedia?page=2
Also known as Prickly Leatherjacket, Tasselled Leatherjacket are deep, compressed fish coloured brown with a series of black lines on the head and body and often with bright blue spots and lines on the body. Two black blotches may be present on the side of the body, above the pectoral fin base. The body has skin flaps, a large caudal fin and a strong first dorsal fin spine. The eyes are high on the head and the snout is tapered and projecting. There are specialised incisor teeth on the upper jaw, four on the inner jaw and six on the outer jaw.
Tasselled Leatherjacket grow to 31cms in length.
They are considered very good eating.
In Australia, Tasselled Leatherjacket are found from south-west Western Australia, around the tropical north, then south to central New South Wales.
Glenn Moore
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That's it!
That's it!
Glenn Moore
Curator of Fishes
Western Australian Museum
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Jayden20
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FIGJAM
FIGJAM
Wes F
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Well spotted Jayden
Yep if ya look closely at fish in the net you can see trigger on it's head.
Old fishermen never die they just smell that way.