Quick
fish ID bro? 11/18/07
cheers, Bob
<Antoine>
A quick query bro... can you name or guide me to ID this fish, mate?
Photographed in South Africa (East)
<Looks... like an Anarhichadid... "Wolf blenny" from the scalature,
molars... but don't see it by family on FB... Nor is there a member
listed for S. Africa (out of 1,903 on FB)... Do you have a full-body
pic? Cheers! BobF>
It looks delicious :)<I'd say it's a Jimmy Durante feesh, ah cha cha
cha... But think this ref. is too old for you. B>
Quick fish ID bro? 11/19/07
heehee... a fitting name indeed - I do remember Durante well...
watch(ed) the films and my grandfather met him (pap did security/bodyguarding)...
used to love to mention him.
Sorry for not including a body shot of the fish bro. One is attached
here. The critter was the better part of a meter in length.
gracias :)
<Have "slept on this", (was lumpy), and do think this (now) may be
some sort of Labrid/oid... from the dentition, thick caudal
peduncle, and apparently truncate caudal... Am going through
Fishbase in a bit... re S. African members of the family... perhaps
this is even a genetically deformed individual... Cheers, BobF
<Dr. Randall... am stumped... can
you help me here. At least to family? Cheers, Bob Fenner>
Re: quick fish ID bro? 11/19/07
Great thanks for the effort, Bob. Please don't go far out of your
way, though. I was just fishing to see if it rang a bell. I will
keep digging too. gracias
<Have bitten the proverbial bullet and sent your pix to Dr. Randall
for his input... Now I'm really hooked! Cheers, BobF>
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Re: Quick fish ID bro?
-11/19/07
It's seabream (Porgy): Cymatoceps nasutus
http://fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5531
Cheers, Marco.
<Ahh, outstanding! Thank you Marco. BobF>
Re: Jack,
would you take a look? FW: quick fish ID bro? -11/19/07
Bob: Looks like the emperor Lethrinus erythracanthus
with a deformed head to me. L. kallopterus is a synonym.
Aloha, Jack
<Thanks much Jack... one of the "Crew" wrote in: It's
seabream (Porgy): Cymatoceps
nasutushttp://fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5531Cheers,
Marco.<Ahh, outstanding! Thank you Marco. BobF>
<<In taking a look at the FB graphic, this does look to be
it. A hu'i hou! BobF>
Re: Jack,
would you take a look? FW: quick fish ID bro? – 11/20/2007
Great thanks Bob/Marco/Jack for the input
<You are welcome.>
the Seabream is on the mark! The temptation to call this
fish a wrasse was so strong for me too... but it just wasn't
right. much obliged :)
<I’m more into moray eels and puffers than porgies, but this
funny face was unforgettable. Cheers, Marco.>
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