stone fish

stone fish

 caught local so if these are around just imagine what else has swam down with the leewin curent??????yewwwwww


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Nasty!

Sun, 2014-05-11 22:11

 Looks like something my dog did on the carpet the other day!

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if

Sun, 2014-05-11 22:32

 i did that on the carpet i would get a fair kick up the clacker from my wife lol

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Just thinking about the possability of them

Mon, 2014-05-12 00:11

Just thinking about the possibility of such nasties around makes me shudder, what if they got into the swan river or the Mandurah estuary and you plan on dabbing a few prawns soon. Can anyone confirm that it is in fact a stone fish.

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Southern Velvetfish

Mon, 2014-05-12 08:23

This is not a Stonefish.  It is a Southern velvetfish Aploactisoma milesii.  Although it is distantly related to the scorpiofishes and stonefishes, it is in a different family.  The spines on these are not venomous.  This species is quite common in southern Australia and only gets as far north as Shark Bay.  I'd say its a very unusual catch on a hook!

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Nice work Glenn

Mon, 2014-05-12 09:42

good to see you still cruising the forums helping us fishos out

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 Can you eat it? lol

Mon, 2014-05-12 09:45

 Can you eat it? lol

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cheers mate

Mon, 2014-05-12 08:59

 harmless good to here