Richyd 8 Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 Hey all, New to the forum, so hopefully this is in the right spot. Went fishing off the foot of the Yorke Peninsula over Easter and caught this weird fish- never seen anything like it in SA before. We were fishing in a small dinghy (about 7m water depth). Can anyy help identify it?? I'm thinking maybe a flute mouth but the tail doesn't seem right... doobie 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Soobz 557 Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 Never even seen one diving over there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doobie 5,802 Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 Yeah seems like a Flute but I thought their body (just before tail) was skinnier. A Tubemouth maybe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Territory Lad 1,137 Posted April 10, 2021 Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 Quite vibrant colours. Pretty sure I have seen a very similar fish posted on here in the past, so hopefully someone can help you out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kelvin 2,197 Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 Looks life a Tubemouth Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kelvin 2,197 Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 Quick dozen Squid - Metropolitan - Strike & Hook What fish is this ..? - Saltwater Fishing - Strike & Hook Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hamo1234 172 Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 Pipe fish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Richyd 8 Posted April 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 Tube mouth seems right based on the other posts and doing a Google search (fins, barbel and colours etc match). Anyone know if it can be eaten? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doobie 5,802 Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 4 hours ago, Richyd said: Tube mouth seems right based on the other posts and doing a Google search (fins, barbel and colours etc match). Anyone know if it can be eaten? Not sure - probably, but doesn't seem worth it. I would have thrown it back anyway. Meppstas and Squid Inc. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Meppstas 4,962 Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 Looks like a Trumpet Fish..mainly because of the tail, a Tube mouths tail is different from what I could find.. Totally confused.. Trumpet Fish.. Tubemouth/ Tubesnout fish.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Richyd 8 Posted April 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 19 hours ago, Meppstas said: Looks like a Trumpet Fish..mainly because of the tail, a Tube mouths tail is different from what I could find.. Totally confused.. Trumpet Fish.. Tubemouth/ Tubesnout fish.. The trumpet fish has quite different fins from the fish I caught. The tube mouth fish that I researched also seems to have a different mouth to the ones that you have found (looks almost identical in the photos to what I caught). Meppstas 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Richyd 8 Posted April 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 20 hours ago, doobie said: Not sure - probably, but doesn't seem worth it. I would have thrown it back anyway. Yeah, I usually would returned it but was having a bad day! Firstly the engine wouldn't start, then for an entire afternoon all we caught was a moderate sized squid, 1 Tommy, 1 leather jacket and this fish. It was the biggest out of all of them and I really thought someone would have eaten it before! doobie 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doobie 5,802 Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 Hope you don't get too many of those days again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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