Unknown leadhead eater

Unknown leadhead eater

Anyone know what this is?

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I'll have a crack- a

Thu, 2008-09-25 09:34

I'll have a crack- a boxfish??

 

Weird looking fishy whatever the fark it is

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maybe a triggerfish

Thu, 2008-09-25 10:00

maybe a triggerfish species?

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It's a trigger

Thu, 2008-09-25 10:01

It's a trigger fish.

 

 

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Don't think it's a Boxfish

Thu, 2008-09-25 10:07

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.

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PSEUDOBALISTES FUSCUS

Thu, 2008-09-25 10:59

Yellow spotted trigger. Adult colouration. Juv colouration shows yellow spots. Grows to around 50cm
Found ningaloo reef northwards.

 

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Thu, 2008-09-25 11:29

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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looks the same to me john,

Thu, 2008-09-25 11:31

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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Thu, 2008-09-25 11:32

Looks like the same trigger.

 

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Well there ya go, trigger

Thu, 2008-09-25 11:42

Well there ya go, trigger fish it is. Learn something new everyday.

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Cheers guys

Thu, 2008-09-25 12:48

Actually fought reasonably well, released to continue baffling other anglers.

John

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Leave the cities behind, out of sight of mind,
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Yes

Thu, 2008-09-25 14:27

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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Yellow Margined

Thu, 2008-09-25 15:52

Trigger Fish - common around Bali - i had a T shirt from Bemo corner with the same image printed on it.

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fugu in a ballgown

Thu, 2008-09-25 22:18

Fugu in a ballgown Big john. Fugu fight pretty good as well. They have caught me off guard a few times.
Rosco