fish I.D please

[shano]

my brother caught this today in mackay! anyone know what it is?


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/shane0o7/19092009103.jpg

[Damned67]

A scat maybe?

[Mexikan]

scat or sicklefish??

[shano]

ya cant eat it hey

[pickers]

sicklefish

[Horse]

Its a Sickle-fish. Top eating as Grant says " An esteemed table fish, the flesh is flakey and white"

[Is Don Is GOOD]

Yeah not a scat!

Don

[uglyfish]

Sickle fish mate,not bad on the fang either

[Izzey!]

when i was a lad many moons ago,did a lot of fishing in the area,namely Bakers creek, we called them butter bream.very good eating!

[Swindells]

Sickle fish, great eating mate, nice catch. they actually get pretty big, we get them through the river occasionally

[BobbyJ123]

Spotted scat, it's latin name is Scatophagus Argus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatophagus_argus

[Swindells]

Spotted scat, it's latin name is Scatophagus Argus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatophagus_argus

Definetly not a scat, though they do look similar. scats have venomous spikes, whereas the sicklefish is quite harmless.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicklefish

I've been catching them for years, trust me... Sicklefish.

[jason p]

some have hit it on the head whilst others are just wacking there thumbs:-*
this is the spotted butterfish/spotted scat/scatophagus argus (linnaeus)( and are not regarded as tablefish, if only because of their foul eating habits in poluted harbour.the scientific name-scatophagus translates to:feeder of dung.) quoted in the bible.
8-) jp

[jason p]

i have never eaten one but by the sounds of it i think i would rather chew a idion bream
jp

[jason p]

the sicklefish is a top grade table foodfish looks very much like the spotted butterfish 1 you can eat and one you cant wouldnt want to mix them up.
maybe my thumb is abit red?:) :D ;D
jp

[Swindells]

some have hit it on the head whilst others are just wacking there thumbs:-*
this is the spotted butterfish/spotted scat/scatophagus argus (linnaeus)( and are not regarded as tablefish, if only because of their foul eating habits in poluted harbour.the scientific name-scatophagus translates to:feeder of dung.) quoted in the bible.
8-) jp

Once again, there is no argument here, it IS a Sicklefish.

I don't know what a thumbwacker is JP, but if it means passing guesses off as facts and feeding misinformation, then congratulations, you made the list.

Do a google image search of a spotted scat and a sicklefish, then tell me if you still believe its a Scat.

[ockoman]

i have to agree with swindells it's a sickle fish i just lookd it up on google and swindells is correct

[jason p]

yep thanks swindells, thumbwacker i was this time. you know the old saying, you hit the nail on the head, well i missed. googled and yes this would be 100% sicklefish:-[ :) . it wasnt quite a guess, in grants guid to fishes it only had a picture of the scat and not off the sicklefish. both look similar but you can clearly see the difference.

jp:)

[Swindells]

Oh, i get the thumb wacking thing now, lol. nail on the head or missed. silly me.

[Swindells]

Grants guide is awesome i love mine.

[Swindells]

Is the Spotted scat the same as a Happy moment.

Another nasty little thing to catch in that area is the carnivorous purple spotted bristle worm. anyone else caught one of those?

[jason p]

Grants guide is awesome i love mine.

yes i would have to agree i havent found any beter yet, i have never NOT been able to find a fish i was looking for untill now:)

jp

[jason p]

[quote=Swindells;1075669]carnivorous purple spotted bristle worm. :D lol now thats a tounge full

[b j p]

It's a Scat.

lol sorry I just wanted to jump on a bandwagon. It's a sicklefish, in case you don't trust someone called Swindells.

[jason p]

;D ;D funny f###er;D ;D