Name that fish?

Some sort of flathead, or from the same family. Anybody give us the heads up on what type?

Name that fish?

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Just doin some research on

Mon, 2006-10-02 18:42

Just doin some research on google now, could be a fringe eyed flathead?

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Gurnard!

Mon, 2006-10-02 18:52

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its not a gurnard :P

Mon, 2006-10-02 20:01

its not a gurnard :P

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Butt Ugly

Mon, 2006-10-02 20:07

Hehehe

John

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huhuhu looks like sum sort

Mon, 2006-10-02 20:11

huhuhu looks like sum sort of european sausage flathead.... :D

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Fringe Eye Flathead

Mon, 2006-10-02 20:21

That's my bet.

Too flat for a gunard I'm afraid.

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in thesea fishes of southern

Mon, 2006-10-02 20:56

in thesea fishes of southern australia book, it resembles the tassel-snouted flathead..dont think its a gunard either..........

lukefish for fun, the future, and the belly!!!

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nah its definatly from the

Mon, 2006-10-02 21:25

nah its definatly from the flathead family, does that book have the fridge eyed flathead in it luke?

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nope... i was wondering if

Mon, 2006-10-02 21:38

nope... i was wondering if it was the same fish though....did it have spikes on top its head?? looks like yes in the pic, but can be hard to tell... if yes.. then thats the one hey...

luke

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yeh it had some

Mon, 2006-10-02 21:42

yeh it had some spikey/antentae looky things on its head. had a scorpian cod kinda head but flatheads body.

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I'd name it

Mon, 2006-10-02 23:04

Lunch! ;o)

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Lunch?

Mon, 2006-10-02 23:15

Jeez Shann, fishing must be tougher than I thought down your way if you would keep something like that for lunch. (Hehehe)

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Andy Mac

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Indeed Andy!

Tue, 2006-10-03 02:51

Things are so tough I was thinking today........

Take 4 x 60 litre drums to the servo and fill with unleaded at $1.40 a litre.....$350...or take $150 down to the fresh fish market and buy a whole dhufish! :rollseyes: (least I could be guaranteed of tasting dhufish for once in a very long time!).

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where was it caught?

Tue, 2006-10-03 08:10

where was it caught?

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just off ocean reef about

Tue, 2006-10-03 09:21

just off ocean reef about 6ks out.

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Bug eyed tigerflasher

Tue, 2006-10-03 16:02

Bug eyed tigerflasher flathead.....?
Face only a mother could love......

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were abouts did ya catch

Sun, 2007-10-28 20:36

were abouts did ya catch that ugly thing

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Looks like it.....

Sun, 2007-10-28 22:17

was caught somewhere around the Montes and is a victim of the big bang

Does a one legged duck swim in an eliptic circle

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deffinently a fringe eye

Sun, 2007-10-28 22:22