Caught off Rockingham Jetty. Easter Sunday 2012.
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never seen or heard of them before. certainly different
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
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It is called a Prickly Leatherjacket Chaetodermis penicilligera. Reasonably common from the south-west corner northwards and all through the tropics too. They are supposedly good eating.
Glenn Moore
Curator of Fishes
Western Australian Museum
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nickster
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Faulkner Family
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never seen or heard of them
never seen or heard of them before. certainly different
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Glenn Moore
Posts: 228
Date Joined: 13/02/12
Prickly Leatherjacket
It is called a Prickly Leatherjacket Chaetodermis penicilligera. Reasonably common from the south-west corner northwards and all through the tropics too. They are supposedly good eating.
Glenn Moore
Curator of Fishes
Western Australian Museum
twitter @WestOzFish