fish id please

[adam5016]

Went fishing at cape st. francis yesterday.
Foul hooked this poor bugger through the gills. Have caught them from time to time usually when the water is cold. Someone once told me its a butterfish and then again a fingerfin and also heard the name steenklipvis. are those all the same specie or is it something else.

 

[adam5016]

sry, forgot the pic

 

[Shikz]

imported post

 

[CRAZY SHARK]

what is the size of  this fish?

 

[adam5016]

about 17cm. but caught one about twice that - but never bigger

 

[CRAZY SHARK]

pm aquadamentia..he knows the area and fishes well

 

[trier]

its a two tone fingerfin aka butterfish rather prevealant on reefs in false bay but seldom caught

 

[CRAZY SHARK]

i know in previous years the spearfisherman use to target them,aparently very tasty..use to be alot in the cape recife area(port elizabeth)..they dont normally bite

 

[tyrrell]

yup, butterfish/fingerfin...same thing

 

[JIMMY1]

hi guys ,was wondering if this type of fish hang out in kalk bay ,coz last week i caugth something simler ,released about 25cm on my 7foot stimula & 4000 slade ,rod bent like crazy .doe this fish side fins look like a klipvis ?if it does then i can put butter fish on my list . didnt know what ist was & threw it back  

 

[adam5016]

@ jimmy
yeah, fins look more or less the same. bigger ones i've caught were almost green, but this little guy was reddish brown. does anyone know how big they get

 

[JIMMY1]

hi adam
 
that day i described this fish to my dad inlaw i said it was a steenbras klipvis ,lol  good question how big do they get & is there a size limit ?

 

[Brushhog]

Dis beslis 'n bottervis,ekt hulle al op Struisbaai se hawemuur gevang

 

[jaccil]

This one comes up a lot and Trier has posted some great pics here.

I've caught two at Harbour Island in Gordon's Bay, biggest about 25cm and tasty!  More info available on FishBase - click the pic below.

Two-tone fingerfin

 

[tubs the sea saver]

howdy lads

i get loads of em at fish hoek, i stratch around the kelp with bass tackle chokka blob baits and always hook two or three per spot, i always wondered what they were. they would look awesum in an saltwater tank 

 

[MOGGY]

It is the same family as the bank steenbras and is a twotone fingerfin. ( chirodactylus brachidactylus ) spelling ?

You get the black bankie Chirodactilus grande and the pink bankie Chirodactylus jessicalenorum, named after len jones' wife jessica, who identified it.