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Anybody know what species this fish is? Caught in Lanzarote. Guess it was about 5lbs in weight.
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Re: Fish Id required from Lanzarote
I did a bit of digging online. I reckon it is a common dentex.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_dentex
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_dentex
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Re: Fish Id required from Lanzarote
A baby dentex, they go a lot bigger.
Nice catch all the same I'd say he made a good account of himself
Nice catch all the same I'd say he made a good account of himself

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Set him on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
Species from the shore 2011:21
Species from the shore 2012:34,
Species from the shore 2013:40
Species from the shore 2014:36
Species from the shore 2015:35
Species from the shore 2016:30
: whiting,pouting,dab,shore rockling,5xb beard rockling,flounder,dogfish,grunt,white sea bream,banded sea bream,black damselfish,blue damselfish, ornate wrasse,lizard fish,sea trout,red gurnard,bass,tornback ray smoothhound,Corkwing wrasse,poor cod,ballon wrasse,cod,pollock,conger,spotted ray,bullhuss,mackerel ,tub gurnard,place,lesser weever,
Wish list: ray
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Re: Fish Id required from Lanzarote
Certainly did on a light spinning travel rodpaul skelly wrote:A baby dentex, they go a lot bigger.
Nice catch all the same I'd say he made a good account of himself

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Re: Fish Id required from Lanzarote
HI
That's an excellent catch from the shore, natives would be thrilled to get something that size. Have caught them on baits cast into the deep gullies on a coming tide on the rock marks but never anything above 2 lbs. Lovely fish well done.
That's an excellent catch from the shore, natives would be thrilled to get something that size. Have caught them on baits cast into the deep gullies on a coming tide on the rock marks but never anything above 2 lbs. Lovely fish well done.
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Re: Fish Id required from Lanzarote
Tarwhine ?
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Re: Fish Id required from Lanzarote
Definitely not a Tarwhine totally different markings =https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhabdosargus_sarba
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Re: Fish Id required from Lanzarote
Yeah - agree - Pretty confident with the dentex identification now.mickser wrote:Definitely not a Tarwhine totally different markings =https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhabdosargus_sarba
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