Fish ID Roebuck bay.
Submitted by Te Kaha on Sat, 2015-10-17 20:10
Caught this firey looking little guy today while bottom bouncing. Iv seen a few scorpion like looking fish while diving but cant seem to find a good species list to identify them. Apologies for the sideways, not sure how to fix it
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 of IMG_0794.thumbnail.jpg "Lake Awoonga QLD fresh water barra. 97cm and released")
chris raff
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Pic's not happening for me
Pic's not happening for me ..
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sea-kem
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Me either.
Me either.
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Bones 79
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Same no pic
Same no pic
meglodon
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Yep can't see picture
As up above, for some reason I can't get the picture to come up.
Te Kaha
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Hows that ?
Hows that ?
Tarpon
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Frog fishHalophryne ?
Frog fish
Halophryne ? ocellatus
crasny1
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Tend to agree but not sure
However whatever it is called you are very lucky you didnt grab it, as I know those spine hurt like %##%##5.
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Threespine frogfish
Threespine Frogfish Batrachomoeus trispinosus.
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