Species identification ?!

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Species identification ?!

#1 Post by shamoo0804 »

Hi all,

Caught this little brute :shock: off Balscadden rocks last night, havent a clue what it is, checked the "species guide" on this site to no avail. If its not on there, perhaps a mod can add it.... If it is on there, well I'm sorry for being so stupid :oops:

Anybody caught one of these or know what it is?

It took squid if that helps :idea:
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#2 Post by eric »

its a scorpion fish or as my granddad calls it a horny cobbler :D
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#3 Post by shamoo0804 »

'orrible little thing, what size do they grow to?

probably the only time I'd be happy to catch a small one, would'nt fancy a bigger one much :roll:
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#4 Post by Adam S »

looks like a short spined sea scorpion

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/page ... lhead.html
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#5 Post by shamoo0804 »

looked like that alright, but only had one short spine each side of the gills not two ?!
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#6 Post by Ronald »

the spines look quite long for the size of fish, possibly making it a long spined sea scorpion , normally the short spined version has stumpier spines in relation to the size of the fish .
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Re: Species identification ?!

#7 Post by kieran »

shamoo0804 wrote:Hi all,

Caught this little brute :shock: off Balscadden rocks last night, havent a clue what it is, checked the "species guide" on this site to no avail.
Youre right in that we should probably list all the little buggers as seperate species whereas at the moment it is all covered by one entry: -

http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/fish ... culpin.htm

anyone feel up to doing up a few reports, mainly around identification?
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