what the hell is this

[dassa]

Hey all my mate caught this a couple of weeks ago of wello point one night while we chasing snapper

[madmullet]

tiger flathead????? may be

[youngy]

From the Photos, i would say you caught yourself a "Fringe Eyed Flathead", not common but you see a few around, cheers wayne

[straddiebrad]

looks like a flathead,i think the name of it starts with a f but cant remember ??

[Keen-as-fisho]

Couldn't find anything

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[roverfj1200]

Theres a lot of different types of Flathead about a hundred from memory. Its one of those...

Cheers

[Travis]

yeah fringe eyed, caught 2 in boggy before, never seen a big one

[jeff f]

yeah its a fringe eye flathead

there's a few in the bay but not too common

[roverfj1200]

Alternative Name/s

Rock Flathead, Tassel-snouted Flathead

Identification

The Tasselsnout Flathead has a very large head which makes up about 40% of the length of the fish. The head has well developed spines but no scales. The large mouth has bands of villiform teeth on the jaws and the roof of the mouth (on the bones known as the vomer and palatines). This species has a short spiny dorsal fin and a long soft dorsal fin. The body is covered with small ctenoid scales.

The colouration of the Tasselsnout Flathead is highly variable from pale brown to purple with darker saddles and markings. The first dorsal fin has a dark band on the margin (not visible in the images). All the other fins have markings including dark diagonal bands.

Size range

The species grows to 38 cm in length.

Distribution

The species occurs in temperate marie waters from southern Queensland to south-western Western Australia. It has not been recorded from Tasmanian waters.

[dassa]

Thankyou to all it's 1 very ugly critter a bit like...........pussca

[rosstralia46]

yer my dad caught one at paradise point much thicker than a usual flathead

[woody1]

Love child of an estuary cod and a flattie if u ask me

[crazywalrus]

we got one of these the other day. looked like a cross between a flatty and a stonefish so did not risk touchin it

[Little Grey Men]

Fringe eye flattie, hard to see from the photos but if it has the little fringes behind its eyes thats what it is.