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| Author: | PeternKaren [ Apr 3rd, '13, 10:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Help Identify Fish |
Hi, can someone help us identify this fish. It was caught in our dam in Qld. Attachment: Unknown Fish 1.jpg [ 90.03 KiB | Viewed 2240 times ] Attachment: Unknown Fish 2.jpg [ 175.92 KiB | Viewed 2240 times ] Attachment: Unknown Fish 3.jpg [ 125.89 KiB | Viewed 2240 times ] Cheers |
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| Author: | mattyoga [ Apr 3rd, '13, 11:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help Identify Fish |
looks like some type of grunter? or spangled perch http://www.nativefish.asn.au/spangledperch.html |
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| Author: | Charlie [ Apr 3rd, '13, 11:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help Identify Fish |
Bullrout Nasty buggers, you want to be carefull handling them. http://www.nswaqua.com.au/information-native-fish.htm Attachment: bullrout.jpg [ 22.54 KiB | Viewed 2232 times ] |
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| Author: | PeternKaren [ Apr 3rd, '13, 18:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help Identify Fish |
Looks like the bullrout to me too. Have to find it and remove from tank. Cheers |
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| Author: | Charlie [ Apr 3rd, '13, 19:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help Identify Fish |
From what Ive read its basically a freshwater rockfish, they grow quite ugly and spikey unfortunately. Quite a glamorous juvenile though. |
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| Author: | PeternKaren [ Apr 4th, '13, 10:31 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help Identify Fish |
Hmm a fisheries expert just told me that it was a Purple-Spotted Gudgeon. http://www2.mdbc.gov.au/subs/fish-info/ ... dgeon.html |
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| Author: | mantis [ Apr 4th, '13, 10:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help Identify Fish |
They look almost identical 
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| Author: | Charlie [ Apr 4th, '13, 10:41 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help Identify Fish |
Yea they do. Not sure now. Id probably trust the fisheries guy. |
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| Author: | Zeknix [ Apr 4th, '13, 12:49 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help Identify Fish |
Can those fish cross breed? In Florida we have a lot of different types of pan fish that look exactly the same when they are young only to grow into whatever is the dominant gene. For example, I have a lot of what I call bluegill hybrids in my AP setup. Most of them have a blue spot on the back of their gills (Blue Gills). Some have the blue spot and red/orange underbellys (Red Breasted Sunfish crossed with Blue Gill). Others have a stripes similiar to Blue Gill but a blood red stripe in their eyes and a large mouth (Warmouth Bass - which is actually a pan fish, but are possibly a cross between largemouth bass and pan fish, who knows). Just sayting that you both could be right in a way. |
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| Author: | blind freddie [ Apr 4th, '13, 18:18 ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Help Identify Fish | ||
That first pic looks nothing like a bull rout (fresh water stonefish). I have caught quite a few of the over the years in bait traps in a few different river systems in south east Qld. Also have been fishing with a mate who stood on one early one morning, by the way he was carying on it looked pretty painfull. I dont think you would have it in your hand for very long. I always wear shoes when I'm wading these days.
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| Author: | mantis [ Apr 4th, '13, 18:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help Identify Fish |
Now that one does look nasty 
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| Author: | Charlie [ Apr 4th, '13, 18:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help Identify Fish |
Looks like one of your Jades Mantis |
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| Author: | mantis [ Apr 4th, '13, 18:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help Identify Fish |
 I deserved that
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