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Smooth Golden Pufferfish

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Field Notes

Description:

Square in the face, golden/yellow color, 60cm in lenght probably about 6 KG overall.

Habitat:

Caught in the broad water in the Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.

Notes:

Someone suggested it being a large eastern blow fish.

Species ID Suggestions

Smooth Golden Pufferfish

Lagocephalus inermis

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Mark Ridgway
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Comments (7)
Mark Ridgway
On computer browser?... if you go into 'Edit this spotting' near top right you can just click and drag the pin across the map... then save at the bottom of screen.
JpVanJaarsveld
Ill see if i can find out how to move it. Thanks for the comments guys, i really appreciate it.
Leuba Ridgway
Welcome to ProjectNoah, JpVanJaarsveld ! Nice first spotting and thanks for the information. Hope you enjoy being part of this community. We look forward to seeing more from sunny (or Hot) Queensland !!
Mark Ridgway
Looks like you were right about the 'blowfish'.
Mark Ridgway
Wow 6kg is a big fish. No wonder it wasn't at Warwick. I've moved your comments into the relevant fields above for you. Maybe you could move the pin location to nearby in the BroadWater area. This fish looks familiar... eye location and mouth shape look ok for 'blowfish' but 6kg might be a bit big...? I don't suppose you tasted it? I'm sure the name will come to me... (I hope).
JpVanJaarsveld
Square in the face, golden/yellow color, 60cm in lenght probably about 6 KG overall. Caught in the broad water in the Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. Someone suggested it being a large eastern blow fish.
Mark Ridgway
Description? Size? River? Creek? Billabong? Farmer's dam?
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PublishedMarch 1, 2014

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