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FISH I.D ?

#1 Post by boycie89 »

lads i had this guy fishing for mini's ! ,i know my fish but havent got a clue what this is ! iv been told its a big scorpion but its not as it has no spines or spikes of any sort it was totally smooth it has big eyes and big bulging lips like a wrasse !! but defo has the body of a scorpion !! what the hell is it ! it looks like someone photoshoped a different head onto a scorpion ! im totally clueless on this one lads ! sorry its not a better picture
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#2 Post by steveoel »

That thing looks like something from a science fiction movie
Sorry i haven't got a clue but will be interested to see what it is.

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Was it deep water??
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#3 Post by Cormdogg »

It's a fish alright.
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#4 Post by JOHN1 »

fantastic camera trickory :lol: :lol: :lol:
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#5 Post by boycie89 »

i can assure you its not trickory john !! but totally confused !!
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#6 Post by JOHN1 »

what im refering to is the size of it :wink:

never seen a scorpion as big as a left arm before :shock: :mrgreen:
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#7 Post by JOHN1 »

might be some sort of SCULPIN boycie.
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#8 Post by boycie89 »

ah no :lol: :lol: it was 20cm in length john
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#9 Post by round_ourway »

looks like a wrasse of some sort. I havent got a clue. Ronald might be able to help ya out on that one.
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#10 Post by Rampent Wreckfish »

Hard to see its head but I am 95% sure its a short spined sea scorpion
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#11 Post by Davy Murdoch »

it def looks like a short spined but lack of spines i weird,although they aren`t as noticable on bigger short spined...
there`s nothing else i can think of it could be
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#12 Post by Dave »

That certainly is a strange looking fish Boycie. It looks like it could be a Short Spined Sea Scorpion alright with the mottled colouration, its size and from your description of the head but its difficult to tell from the photo. As Davy already pointed out though, I thought they had little spines up around their head. :?
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#13 Post by paul mason »

Looks like a ramagoo to me ???????
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#14 Post by boycie89 »

whats that paul ?? :lol:
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#15 Post by gfkelly1969 »

looks like a Shorthorn Sculpin
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#16 Post by boycie89 »

looks like it alri mate fairplay ! 8) 8)
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#17 Post by JOHN1 »

you obviously didnt read my post boycie when i said some sort of SCULPIN :mrgreen:
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#18 Post by Dave »

Lads we are all talking about the same species, it just seems to have a lot of common names, Shorthorn Sculpin, Bull Rout, Bullhead, Father Lasher and of course Short-spined Sea Scorpion amongst others.

There are a bunch more of its common names here:

http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/Common ... kCode=1347

Apparently it is commonly known as a 'Horny whore' in Newfoundland :lol: So Boycie you in fact hooked up with a 'Horny whore' :lol: :lol:
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#19 Post by rustyhookthomas »

[quote="Dave"]Lads we are all talking about the same species, it just seems to have a lot of common names, Shorthorn Sculpin, Bull Rout, Bullhead, Father Lasher and of course Short-spined Sea Scorpion amongst others.



yup! i think.

same difference with shore/3/5 beard rockling!!! cameleons of the sea!
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#20 Post by boycie89 »

yeah but its not the usual culprits of scorpions so there for i have a new species !!! yeah sorry about that john didn mean to put baby in the corner ! :lol: :lol: :lol: :wink:
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