Alexsfishin1 781 Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 I found this fish in a rock pool at the local beach in melbourne. Can anyone please help identify it? Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moggy23 625 Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Southern Crested Weedfish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kayak Noob 76 Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 That's definitely an interesting find, nice colour... Never seen one before though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hopeless Breamer 2 Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 I am no expert but from looking a photos on the web I am not sure it is a Southern Crested Weedfish, it seems to be too red, while the Southern Crested Weedfish is more yellow. It might be a Yellow Crested Weedfish, with seems to be rather redder than the Southern Cristed Weedfish in the photos.Southern Crested Weedfish.Yellow Crested Weedfish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moggy23 625 Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Could be right there Hopeless Breamer, In my book Sea Fishes of Southern Australia says the base colour of the Yellow Creasted Weedfish varies from brown to yellish orange & the southern Creasted ranged from green to purplish brown, sometimes with darker marblings, also irregular silver edge blotch often beneath thepectoral fin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
archerfish 685 Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Definitely looks like a Weedfish of some sort - problem is, there are so many types of the little buggers. At this stage, I'm looking at Rosy, Longnose or Ogilby's...I don't know whether this site will help throw any further light on the topic:http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/genus/661Cheersaf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alexsfishin1 781 Posted February 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Yes, seems to be a southern crested weedfish! Cheers guys! :cheer: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
archerfish 685 Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 AlexIf you want a definitive identification, contact this person and supply as many details as possible:http://australianmuseum.net.au/staff/mark-mcgrouther/Cheersaf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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