What is this???

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sassipants
sassipants
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1 posts
16 Apr 2017 11:53am
I have never seen a fish like this and the authorities here are also confused about what this is... Can anyone here identify this weird fish?





elmo
elmo
WA
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WA, 8890 posts
16 Apr 2017 5:54pm
looks like an eel
smicko
smicko
WA
2503 posts
WA, 2503 posts
16 Apr 2017 6:34pm
It's a Tigerfish. Where was it found?
shear tip
shear tip
NSW
1125 posts
NSW, 1125 posts
16 Apr 2017 9:13pm
Its dead. And freakin' weird.
actiomax
actiomax
NSW
1576 posts
NSW, 1576 posts
16 Apr 2017 9:26pm
Looks like my mother in law before she has a coffee in the morning .
sn
sn
WA
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sn sn
WA, 2775 posts
16 Apr 2017 7:46pm
actiomax said..
Looks like my mother in law before she has a coffee in the morning .


lucky you, my M.I.L looks like that before AND after coffee
smicko
smicko
WA
2503 posts
WA, 2503 posts
16 Apr 2017 11:10pm
Not a Tigerfish, they don't have teeth on their tongue. Looks more like a buck salmon.
Razzonater
Razzonater
2224 posts
2224 posts
17 Apr 2017 7:12am
Could be a sub specie of the goblin shark.
Where did you find it?
Did you get full pic not just of its head like the whole thing with tail?
Post full picture

It sort of looks like me after a big night on the piss
pepe47
pepe47
WA
1382 posts
WA, 1382 posts
17 Apr 2017 7:41am
Looks to me like an eel. The teeth are too small and too numerous to be a tigerfish. At first I thought it may be something like a mackerel, but after a close up the teeth are conical not bladed, so it's not a pelagic, more like demersal. Ambush species that grabs it's prey and holds on to it. The small pectoral fins also point towards eel. A look at the tail might confirm it.
Underoath
Underoath
QLD
2434 posts
QLD, 2434 posts
17 Apr 2017 10:02am
smicko
smicko
WA
2503 posts
WA, 2503 posts
17 Apr 2017 10:41am



This is a spent Chinook, you can clearly see the teeth on it's tongue. I've caught buck Rainbows similar. Be interesting to find out where it came from.
pepe47
pepe47
WA
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WA, 1382 posts
17 Apr 2017 2:56pm
You could be right Smicko, this. according to the source is a trout. (Same species).


smicko
smicko
WA
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WA, 2503 posts
17 Apr 2017 6:49pm
Yep, you'll only make the mistake of going the thumb grip on a big buck trout once.
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