Unknown leadhead eater
Submitted by big john on Thu, 2008-09-25 09:16
Anyone know what this is?
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deefa
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I'll have a crack- a
I'll have a crack- a boxfish??
Weird looking fishy whatever the fark it is
mako magic
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maybe a triggerfish
maybe a triggerfish species?
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alfred
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It's a trigger
It's a trigger fish.
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7739ian
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Don't think it's a Boxfish
i caught one off the North Mole years ago when Bonito fishing - identified by for me by a diver. It was more square looking and very hard like it had a solid skeleton under the skin - tail looks different too. Strangely i decided to keep it and try to dehydrate it as a curiosity - a couple of hours after i laid it on a rock some spot crowding walloper kocked it into the water - floated for about 30 seconds and swam away.
Rodrat
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PSEUDOBALISTES FUSCUS
Yellow spotted trigger. Adult colouration. Juv colouration shows yellow spots. Grows to around 50cm
Found ningaloo reef northwards.
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Sounds good to me Rodrat, I've got no idea.
7739ian, what's that fish in your avatar? Looks very similar.
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mako magic
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looks the same to me john,
looks the same to me john, looks like a trigger fish, there is a heap of different colours of that species by the looks of it
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Looks like the same trigger.
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deefa
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Well there ya go, trigger
Well there ya go, trigger fish it is. Learn something new everyday.
big john
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Cheers guys
Actually fought reasonably well, released to continue baffling other anglers.
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Yes
Watched in laughter as someone tried to fillet one at Gnaraloo last year, hope it tasted better than the flesh looked!!
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7739ian
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Yellow Margined
Trigger Fish - common around Bali - i had a T shirt from Bemo corner with the same image printed on it.
Rosco
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fugu in a ballgown
Fugu in a ballgown Big john. Fugu fight pretty good as well. They have caught me off guard a few times.
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