Please help id this fish.

[SHAKES]

My nephew caught this little fish in Gansbaai last week, can anyone please help tell me what it is called..

 

Thanks,

 

[action man]

thats a gurnard...

 

[SHAKES]

Thanks, thought so but the gurnards I'm used to seeing is a lot more reddish in color.

 

Thanks.

 

[flippy]

thats a gurnard of some sorts

 

[Hooked]

Had a quick skim through Smith's and couldnt find a match , sorry

 

[Hooked]

Ps: Looked under gunards and I couldnt see anything close.Gunards was my first guess aswell but............

 

[action man]

you can tell by the fins...gurnards have some amazing colours for such an ugly looking fish! lol

 

[Hooked]

Ok this may be an option.
My guess is,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Bluefin Gurnard , Chelidonichthys Kumu.

If found to be correct please buy yourself a copy of Smiths Sea Fishes.I love this book.And no I bought it myself and I dont know antone who has anything to do with the book.

 

[pappi choulo]

hooked, i think you got it spot on there. on one trip to hermanus last year we caught a motherload of those little fish while targeting bottom fish...they're very pretty, but  a real nuisance!

 

[SF Sharky]

 fishbase.org is a good tool in cases like these. heres their pics of Gurnard
http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/ThumbnailsSummary.php?ID=5081

 

[muddler]

I think it's a goatfish. Common in rocky pools in the Cape.