fish id
Submitted by aussie_breamer on Mon, 2012-07-23 11:45
Not often do i come across a fish that i don't recognize... anyone have an idea of what it could be?
Caught a few of them in holes in reef holes up at Exmouth.... about 20 - 25cm long
Cheers, Tom
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Glenn Moore
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Darwin Jawfish
Darwin Jawfish Opistognathus darwiniensis. They live in vertical burrows in the sand.
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Ben Derecki
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Vertical burrows for a fish
Vertical burrows for a fish that size - very cool.
aussie_breamer
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Cheers Glenn, yeah the holes that i caught them in were very interesting, thought there might be an octopus in them, so was surprised when this came up.
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hekser
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no idea.
looks cool tho :P
jighead
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Colours
Interesting similarities between the colours of the lure and the fish.
pelagicyachts
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does not appear to have
does not appear to have pectoral fins? -correct? - thats a mangrove leaf at the bottom yeah?
hlokk
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Found a photo of one of their
Found a photo of one of their holes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/centralaustralia/6346449265/|
Ambush predator!
The "mangrove leaf" is the pelvic fin. The pectoral fin appears to be quite translucent from other pics, but I still cant make it out in that one. E.g. in this pic it blends in but you can 'just' make it out: http://eol.org/pages/217787/overview
rails8291
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Can you eat them
Can you eat them
Six Fish Dunsborough
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awesome
looks cool
doubleheader_king
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leopard or darwin jawfish
leopard or darwin jawfish. Very cool looking fella.