Painted Scorpionfish
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Re: Painted Scorpionfish
Hi,
Is this the same Painted Scorpionfish?
I caught the above fish at Bedok Jetty using handline with prawn meat. A family who was fishing near me told me that it was a Groupa, but later when I searched on HLF the nearest match was Painted Scorpionfish.
Is this the same Painted Scorpionfish?
I caught the above fish at Bedok Jetty using handline with prawn meat. A family who was fishing near me told me that it was a Groupa, but later when I searched on HLF the nearest match was Painted Scorpionfish.
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Re: Painted Scorpionfish
is this fish poisenous ?
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Re: Painted Scorpionfish
The fish looks dangerous, but not poisonous as such. I have seen a video of cooking competition between a Japanese and Chinese chef and both cooked the fish in soup, salad, fried fillet, even fried a whole baby fish. However, the pointy venomous thorns on the fish near it's mouth can cause a lot of pain if u get stung by them...
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Re: Painted Scorpionfish
are they stone fish ?
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Re: Painted Scorpionfish
I think imageshack is current having problems with their image hosting, I can't seem to view all their images. Is it possible to host the images on another image host? Scorpionfishes are venomous, their sting can cause intense pain so you want to be extra careful when handling them. They're also edible.
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Re: Painted Scorpionfish
The images were working when I posted them. Since, I'm using my phone Internet, I cannot re-upload now. Instead, I have emailed the images to fishspecies... email address.
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Re: Painted Scorpionfish
Hmm, that's weird. I can't seem to view the images embeded in your post. Anyway, I saw the pictures you've sent to me and it is indeed painted scorpionfish. Notice they have visible spikes on its head, so that's a very good warning sign to keep away from it.
Thanks for your other pictures as well, I will post them in the relevant threads. The cichlid you sent to me isn't a tilapia, looks more like a flowerhorn cichlid a.k.a luohan.
Alternate link to the scorpionfish pics if anyone else who can't see it.
Thanks for your other pictures as well, I will post them in the relevant threads. The cichlid you sent to me isn't a tilapia, looks more like a flowerhorn cichlid a.k.a luohan.
Alternate link to the scorpionfish pics if anyone else who can't see it.
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Re: Painted Scorpionfish
Stone fish look more like rocks and stones. And I think stone fish are a little bit bigger than scorpion fish! Though they are both ambush predators!
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Re: Painted Scorpionfish
That's a waspfish, possibly a long-spined waspfish. Notice how its dorsal fins are way up front compared to a scorpionfish. Do you mind if I add this picture to HLF's library as well?
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Re: Painted Scorpionfish
Sure!! Haha, it feels great to contribute.
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Re: Painted Scorpionfish
Thanks, that was a well taken picture. There was a cloth(?) beneath the fish and its fins were well spread out.
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Re: Painted Scorpionfish
I would usually use a small towel while handling fish as i do not want to get spiked.
My friend got injured while removing the hook, not sure if it was from a barb on the face or the hook itself.
Luckily he did not feel any unpleasant symptoms.
Definitely use pliers with this one.
My friend got injured while removing the hook, not sure if it was from a barb on the face or the hook itself.
Luckily he did not feel any unpleasant symptoms.
Definitely use pliers with this one.
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Re: Painted Scorpionfish
Glad to know you're cautious in handling fish, venomous or not. Thanks for the pictures again.