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Offline Nooduck

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Identify please
« on: March 12, 2015, 01:10:43 PM »
This little fish washed up on the rocks in the Transkei. I do not have any more info on size....etc
Does any of you clever people know what this is?
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« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2015, 01:45:36 PM »
Sheesh, got no idea! Looks like an Anchovy who wanted to be a Marlin!
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« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2015, 10:33:31 PM »
Almost looks like one of your oceanic puffer species.
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Re: Identify please
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2015, 08:24:57 AM »
Cigar Wrasse (Cheilio Inermis) Smiths no: 220.17
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« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2015, 10:17:51 AM »
I was going to go with puffer of some sort as well.
Wrasse looks spot on though
« Last Edit: March 13, 2015, 10:18:39 AM by Timothy Scriven »
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Re: Identify please
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2015, 11:47:04 AM »
Difficult pic to work with... Could be the cigar wrasse, but the mouth looks wrong... would love to see a better pic!
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Re: Identify please
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2015, 09:32:39 AM »
Has to be a species of Puffer with that mouth and tail?
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« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2015, 04:43:20 PM »
Walkerskiller, the tail in the pic. is not flared out as it would be when the fish is swimming and the distance from the eye to the front of the snout is to long for it to be a puffer. Look at the pics in the Smiths book of fishes. Cigar Wrasse.
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« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2015, 10:53:51 AM »
The mouth is quite different to 220.17 and also lacks the prominent anal and dorsal fins?
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« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2015, 10:58:51 AM »
Have a look at 264.1(c) in Smiths? Even has that funny long fin coming out of the head area. I thinks its a Unicorn Filefish...
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« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2015, 03:43:53 PM »
Walkerskiller, you're right about the mouth and spike on the head. I looked at the pics again and it does seem to be the puffer you mentioned.
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Re: Identify please
« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2015, 06:24:20 PM »
Im still not 100% convinced though  :cnfzd that is a weird fish!
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« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2015, 07:49:15 AM »

Prof. Nadine Strydom (NMMU) has indicated that it is a juvenile of one of the File Fishes, specifically one of the Leatherjacket Fishes in this group.
This specimen was in poor condition and had lost its fins, so difficult to narrow down to exact species name.
Often these small juveniles are blown ashore after strong south easterly winds. They are pelagic juveniles, so they hang around near the ocean surface until they are a little older then they join the adult population.
The purpose of the spine is to wedge themselves into reefs overnight.
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Re: Identify please
« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2015, 07:23:40 AM »
Very interesting!!!
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