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#1 Post by thescotsman »

Hi lads,

Fishing for mullet with maddies in a cork estuary and caught this...
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Any ideas?? Probably a juvenile of something I've already caught but hopefully not....
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#2 Post by simplywabs »

looks like a Goby...
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#3 Post by Jayball10 »

Seen something very similar caught at a comp last month in Kerry. The lads had it down as a baby dragonet.
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#4 Post by phildublin »

Looks like a good size sand goby to me!
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#5 Post by thescotsman »

Cheers lads - had an offsite id of sand goby too and looking at pics of them I'd say it probably is.
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#6 Post by SlackLiner »

Just to confuse matters...it could be a common goby. Nearly identical species and practically impossible to i.d. without a microscope! :roll:
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