Please confirm this species

[benniejordaan]

It is quite obvious it's a rubberlip, but could this be a white barred rubberlip?

Cought in Durban harbour.

 

[benniejordaan]

What is the current record? This fish weighed 4kg.

 

[aquadementia]

Bennie have you got another pic with the mouth closed?

I would go Plectorhinchus sordidus, Redlip rubberlip. Not 100% but the closest I can find for now

shore angling record is about 1.2kg (42cm FL)

 

[benniejordaan]

aquadementia wrote:

Bennie have you got another pic with the mouth closed?

I would go Plectorhinchus sordidus, Redlip rubberlip. Not 100% but the closest I can find for now

shore angling record is about 1.2kg (42cm FL)

I have another pic on the phone. I will download it.

 

[benniejordaan]

2

 

[benniejordaan]

That is a Windhoek draught bottle... For scientific purposes ofcource!

 

[benniejordaan]

3

 

[Serra Moz]

That's a big oke, never thought you would get them in harbours...I've gotten them on reefs only. Also kind of a "tame fish" when you scuba with them.

 

[benniejordaan]

Serra Moz wrote:

That's a big oke, never thought you would get them in harbours...I've gotten them on reefs only. Also kind of a "tame fish" when you scuba with them.

We thought it might be a white barred rubberlip. If so, it smashes the record. If its a redlip, then also.

 

[tuna]

very weird looking fish

 

[benniejordaan]

http://fishbase.cn/summary/Plectorhinchus-gibbosus.html

It's called a Harry Hotlips.

Interesting catch.

 

[benniejordaan]

Interesting that it should be perfectly at home in the bay...


Size / Weight / Age
Max length : 75.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30874)

Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 8 - 25 m (Ref. 58652)

Climate / Range
Tropical; 30°N - 24°S

Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to Natal, South Africa (including Madagascar and the Comoro and Reunion islands); Gulf of Aden and the Persian Gulf eastward to Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia; Caroline and Mariana islands in Micronesia.
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Short description
Dorsal spines (total): 14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15-16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8. Plain grey with dusky margins on fins and gills when adult. Juveniles brown to near black, mimicking leaves floating in surface waters (Ref. 48635).

Biology



Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)
Found in coastal reefs, sandbanks, and near estuaries (Ref. 30573). Enter freshwater (Ref. 7050). Small juveniles occur along sheltered sandy shorelines where they mimic a dead leaf by drifting on their sides (Ref. 37816). Adults mainly in protected inshore reefs to deep offshore, sometimes swims in small groups (Ref. 48635). Excellent food fish (Ref. 2799).

 

[aquadementia]

ja that's it Bennie! damn I must be going blind or something, I had a look at the very page you linked but overlooked it because of the tail shape and the fat lips it has (when it's younger)

 

[Serra Moz]

Brackish/Fresh water, another interesting fact.

 

[Dorain du preez]

Very nice fish!!