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Fish Identification

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 1:26 pm
by redeyefishing
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Caught this fish a while back, does anyone know what it is?

Re: Fish Identification

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:51 pm
by Peace
That looks like a Small spotted dart, do you have another picture of this fish at a better angle from top down?

Re: Fish Identification

Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2018 8:43 pm
by redeyefishing
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Sorry for the poor quality of the initial photo, it was taken at night.

It certainly looks like a small spotted darter, it has 2 distinctive spots on the body.

Re: Fish Identification

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:03 pm
by Peace
Yeah, it does look like it. I would love to use the live photo but the angle is a little off. Nice catch on this uncommon fish!

Re: Fish Identification

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 11:24 am
by redeyefishing
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An interesting Damselfish that i caught a couple of weeks ago.

Re: Fish Identification

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:45 pm
by Peace
Looks interesting indeed, it's probably different from the usual black damselfish we catch. I will look try to look that up.

Re: Fish Identification

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2018 3:24 pm
by redeyefishing
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This is a lovely one that i caught today.

A Blue Ring Angelfish. My proudest moment so far. Lol

Re: Fish Identification

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2018 6:37 pm
by Peace
That's a beauty, I remember someone caught this fish at BJT and posted on fishingkaki years back. Do you mind if I use your picture for HLF library?

Good catch!

Re: Fish Identification

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 1:42 pm
by redeyefishing
I'm always happy to contribute to the HLF library :)

Re: Fish Identification

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 7:52 pm
by redeyefishing
I've got a nice one.
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It appears to be a Fanged Blenny, but i can't identify the exact species.

Re: Fish Identification

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 1:45 pm
by Peace
I've seen one of this caught by an angler at Labrador Jetty years back. It should be a Threadless blenny but I am not entirely sure. You want to be careful when handling them as they are venomous.

These from my archive:
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Re: Fish Identification

Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 1:18 am
by redeyefishing
Thanks Peace, you're the best

Re: Fish Identification

Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:28 pm
by Peace
It is also possible that it's a Variable fang blenny, a more commonly documented species locally. Its colour (or the dark stripe) may vary depending on environment I guess.

Re: Fish Identification

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:40 am
by SoggyCookies
redeyefishing wrote:
Sat Sep 29, 2018 3:24 pm
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This is a lovely one that i caught today.

A Blue Ring Angelfish. My proudest moment so far. Lol
I saw an nice old chap land this at BJT earlier in 2018 too. Wanted to ask him what bait/setup he was using but forgot.. Mind sharing what you used? Would like to try landing a beauty like this, but all I can seem to catch with prawn and squid meat are wrasses hahahah

Re: Fish Identification

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 12:52 pm
by Peace
Your rig and bait is probably correct, it's just not as common as you may expect it to be. Apollo small hooks with prawn meat usually nails it.

Welcome to HLF, SoggyCookies.