Id this fish?

Id this fish?

Hi, I caught this one under the old bridge in mandurah. Not sure what it is. About 270mm long, has large pectoral fins and prominent set of dorsal spines, a huge mouth and enlarged eyes - looks like it belongs in the deep or on a reef. I know someone on here will ID him for me. Caught on a soft plastic wriggler.


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looks like a scorpion cod of

Tue, 2010-10-05 18:17

looks like a scorpion cod of sorts...

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yeh thatd be my guess scorpion cod

Tue, 2010-10-05 18:24

DO NOT!! get stung by them

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yeah gurnad, scorpion cod,

Tue, 2010-10-05 18:36

yeah gurnad, scorpion cod, poor mans Crayfish

dont get stung

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great eating

Tue, 2010-10-05 18:42

great eating

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Gurnard Perch

Tue, 2010-10-05 18:56

Hey thanks for the info. Gurnard Perch seems to be the best match amongst the images found via google. Good eating eh? I put him back tho!

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looks bit like scorpion cod.

Tue, 2010-10-05 19:02

looks bit like scorpion cod. if so very nice fish for the soup.

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My grandad

Tue, 2010-10-05 19:06

used to always keep the Gurnards he caught out off Dunsborough. Just be very careful around the spines. He used to grab them with a big pair of pliers and hold them against the side of the tinny, then cut the spines off the back and fins. Absolutely fantastic on the BBQ!

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Unusual!

Wed, 2010-10-06 05:49

You're right, it DOES belong on an offshore reef! Where you fishing near the pylons?

We used to get them in California when fishing in the kelp beds...they called them "sculpin" over there, and the deckies on the charter boat would always do the same as what Matt said above...cut the spines off and filet them. Nice white flesh.

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quite a few of these to be

Wed, 2010-10-06 07:57

quite a few of these to be caught off busso jetty, good size ones too like u get offshore.

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fish id

Wed, 2010-10-06 09:42

try Fishwreckapedia on the 2nd page, 3/4 way down.

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looks like a

Wed, 2010-10-06 14:03

fortescue to me!!

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Gurnard Perch for sure

Sun, 2010-10-10 13:54

I'm calling it a Gurnard Perch due, mainly to the destinctive spine structure, far more than the fortescue, including the two that point forward just above it's eyes, and the yellow under side & shape of the flippers all looks good.

Thanks "bod" for pointing to the Fishwreckapedia link, this pic looks spot. on and far better camera than my phone has. The tail had spots -not the white band so perhaps it wasn't as young as I had assumed.

I'll think about keeping the next few I catch...

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Just be very

Sun, 2010-10-10 19:18

very careful around the spines. If you get spiked you'll regret it for the next 24hrs! Extremely painful.

If you ever want to target them there's millions of them in Geo BayWink

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ive caught a couple of these

Mon, 2010-10-11 20:12

ive caught a couple of these off a local jetty and a freind that i was with decided to pick it up and he got spiked he screamed and had to go to the hospital

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If you get spiked

Mon, 2013-03-11 04:52

 Put the affected area in HOT water.....I am told the releif is instant