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Title: STUMPNOSE IDENTIFICATION
Post by: REEFMAN on June 26, 2010, 09:20:32 PM

.  There are 4 species of Genus Rhabdosargus - Stumpnose found in our waters:
(http://africanaquatics.co.za/FISHING/Fishing%20stuff/FISH%20ID/STUMPNOSE/Stumpnose%20-%20Natal.jpg)
(http://africanaquatics.co.za/FISHING/Fishing%20stuff/FISH%20ID/STUMPNOSE/Cape%20stumpnose.jpg)
(http://africanaquatics.co.za/FISHING/Fishing%20stuff/FISH%20ID/STUMPNOSE/Stumpnose%20-%20white.jpg)
(http://africanaquatics.co.za/FISHING/Fishing%20stuff/FISH%20ID/STUMPNOSE/Stumpnose%20-%20Bigeye.jpg)
 
Comparing all 4 next to each other:
(http://africanaquatics.co.za/FISHING/Fishing%20stuff/FISH%20ID/STUMPNOSE/Stumpnose%20comparison%202.jpg)(http://africanaquatics.co.za/FISHING/Fishing%20stuff/FISH%20ID/STUMPNOSE/Stumpnose%20comparison.jpg)

Title: Re: STUMPNOSE IDENTIFICATION
Post by: REEFMAN on July 14, 2010, 04:49:33 PM

Natal Stumpnose

Title: Re: STUMPNOSE IDENTIFICATION
Post by: Gerrit on July 15, 2010, 08:20:17 PM

What about the red stumpnose/ miss lucy(Chrysoblephus Gibbiceps)??

Title: Re: STUMPNOSE IDENTIFICATION
Post by: REEFMAN on July 15, 2010, 08:30:18 PM

All Stumpnose are part of the Sparidae Family of Seabreams.
The 4 above are all Rhabdosargus genus...
Red Stump is distinctive in it's own Genus Chrysoblephus. Don't think you can really misidentify it!

Title: Re: STUMPNOSE IDENTIFICATION
Post by: REEFMAN on July 15, 2010, 08:34:15 PM

Check this thread out for the Red Stumpnose
http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php?topic=181.0

Title: Re: STUMPNOSE IDENTIFICATION
Post by: Searaider on July 15, 2010, 09:29:29 PM

caught a few in Plett last easter

Title: Re: STUMPNOSE IDENTIFICATION
Post by: WalkersKiller on July 21, 2010, 10:15:49 PM

Cape Stumpnose

•     South Africa's Cape Stumpnose  fish is an amazing looking specimen. Rhabdosrgus holubi is it's  scientific name and it gets it's common name from the place it was discovered  and the shape of it's nose, very stout. This is personally one of my favourite  South African saltwater fish species and it is a joy to look at and to catch  (On light tackle).
  This species of Stumpnose fish is a deep bodied and oval shaped, with a  yellow line running down the middle of it's silver-coloured body. This is the  smallest species of Stumpnose that occurs in the offshore coastal waters of South Africa  and it relies on estuaries too. It is endemic to the Southern African seas and  ocean and it can reach a length of about 50 cm. The South African angling  record for this species is just over 2 kilograms.
   Cape   Stumpnose  are a very good eating fish and they are too small to be exploited by  commercial fisherman. The future is bright as long as we can keep our estuaries  in good condition. The fry and juvenile Cape Stumpnose  depend heavily on these saltwater and freshwater estuaries for survival

Title: Re: STUMPNOSE IDENTIFICATION
Post by: marinello599 on August 06, 2010, 09:23:33 PM

one of my biggest caught at langebaan

Title: Re: STUMPNOSE IDENTIFICATION
Post by: F.L.A.S.H on August 07, 2010, 08:51:43 AM

Very nice Reefs, and great fish there guys, if i ever get the opportunity i would love to catch one on light tackle

Title: Re: STUMPNOSE IDENTIFICATION
Post by: benniejordaan on August 07, 2010, 10:16:00 AM

While fishing in Moz, we took a walk to the beach to check out the launch and came across a fisherman fighting a fish! When he landed it, it was the biggest Stumpie I had ever seen. Must have been closer to 3kg! Unfortunately I didn't have my camera but I wish I had! If the record is 2k, he would have smashed it!

Title: Re: STUMPNOSE IDENTIFICATION
Post by: REEFMAN on August 07, 2010, 12:26:53 PM

Bennie... the Stumpnose in KZN and Moz are probably the Natal Stumpnose...  record 7.7kg!

(http://africanaquatics.co.za/FISHING/Fishing%20stuff/FISH%20ID/FISH%20ID/STUMPNOSE%20-NATAL.jpg)
 
Here's a 5kg one caught on light tackle in Mapelane...
 


 

Title: Re: STUMPNOSE IDENTIFICATION
Post by: John F on August 07, 2010, 01:17:48 PM

Reefs,

As a matter of fact we get 3 species of stumpnose in Moz: the big eye, the white and the Natal stumpnose...

I would say the bigeye and Natal are the most common...