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#1 Post by eyesreilly »

Can anyone help me with the id for this fish??
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#2 Post by RockHunter »

Thats a Blenny - probably a Common Blenny - no doubt somebody more expert than me on identifying fish will confirm that.

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#3 Post by eyesreilly »

CHEERS ROCKHUNTER :wink:
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#4 Post by dan »

definitely a blennie.
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#5 Post by wayne riley »

looks like a blenny 2 me and congrats on another new species :D :D
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#6 Post by paulrobinson99 »

Could it be a tadpole fish?

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#7 Post by Davy Murdoch »

shanny.the most common of the blennie family
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#8 Post by Security man »

Looks a bit like a scorpion... (I know its a blenny! :roll: - I'm just saying...)
Scorpions bloat up their belly like that too, when out of the water.
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#9 Post by WrasseBasher »

I SAY TADPOLE FISH, HAS A BROAD MOUTH LIKE THAT AND A TAPERING BODY
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#10 Post by Davy Murdoch »

def not a tadpole fish.i`ve had alot of them from bangor pier and this is what a tadpole fish looks like
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#11 Post by corbyeire »

its def a shanny - with davy on this

it actually has a small mouth relative to its head in comparison to a tadpole fish
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#12 Post by Davy Murdoch »

corbyeire wrote:its def a shanny - with davy on this

it actually has a small mouth relative to its head in comparison to a tadpole fish



you mean like this :lol: this photos from a 14oz tadpolefish :shock:
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#13 Post by WrasseBasher »

I GUESS THEM LASTEST PHOTOS CONFIRM BLENNY BUT IT DID LOOK A BIT LIKE A TADPOLE FROM PIC AND BIT OF SQUID ON BAIT LOOKED A LITTLE LIKE A MOUTH. THATS SOLVES THAT NICE TADPOLES DAVY
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#14 Post by eyesreilly »

Thanks for the help lads, i'll settle for a blenny :wink:
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