Looks like a Stonebream to me.
Hi Guys need some help with ID'ing this fish . Was going through my pics and when i caught this one i thought it was a cape moonie , but looking back now it looks like a stonebream . Please can you guys advise
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I dunno, usually all fish labelled 'bream' have a similar kind of look which looks nothing like that little guy.
A friend of mine also caught one of those on the KZN coast and referred to it as a Moonie.
Would be interresting to hear what Clarias MopToppias has to say about that.
"Hierdie drol het baie vlieë" - Ago 2014.
Hi there
Yes, it is a Stonebream. It's often confused with Galjoen and in Afrikaans it's called a "Stinkpens" because of the bad odour.
Cheers
MC
I know this fish as a Stinkvis or a Pens en derms. Reason being that this fish must have more derms per gram than any other fish on the planet. If you clean it more than half of the fish is binnegoed and it realy is quite smelly.
Good stuff, thanks, this is good to know, so we all learn.
They're quite easy to pick up right off the edges of rocks banks on a pushing tide and take fairly big flies with Gusto.
"Hierdie drol het baie vlieë" - Ago 2014.
Some useless info:
If you were to gut one of these you find a long gut for the digestion of plant matter and a abdominal cavity lining that is pitch black to stop further photosynthesis of ingested plant material. And subsequent ballooning of Mr. Stinkie. They are primarily herbivores.
I have eaten them before and would rate Cane Rat as ten times better.
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