Fish ID pleae

[charlie09]

Hi all

Went fishing a few weeks ago at curtain arti and caught this. What fish is it and are those bars near the tail as sharp as they look?

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Cheers

[outwide1]

That could be one of the biggest happy moments i have ever seen??
Not a hundred percent sure about it.
Mick

[Freeeedom]

Looks like a brown unicorn fish to me. They are a member of the surgeon fish group. Bit hard to tell but did it have a bit of a projection on the head just in front of the eyes?
Cheers Freeeedom

[jason p]

i would say that it looks to be a hump-nosed unicornfish. not quite as ugly as the one in the bible but looks very similar.

jp

[charlie09]

Looks like a brown unicorn fish to me. They are a member of the surgeon fish group. Bit hard to tell but did it have a bit of a projection on the head just in front of the eyes?
Cheers Freeeedom

Hi Freeeedom dont know about the projection near the eyes, I was more concerned with those nasty looking things near the tail.

Cheers

[Freeeedom]

The surgeon fishes get their name from the scalpel-like blades on either side just before the tail fan. The illustration in Grant of the brown unicorn fish shows two on each side. The trevallies however have a ridge of hard scales coming to a fairly sharp point on either side of the tail which can also do some damage in a large fish.
Cheers Freeeedom