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Submitted by Shane O on Sat, 2013-10-05 12:17
Just caught this in the Timor Sea, about 150km from Dilli.
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Tradewind
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some variety of trigger fish
It's a Triggerfish, probably a Black Triggerfish due to colour and where it was caught
Shane O
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eating
any good to eat, threw this one back wasnt sure?
Shark1
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edible yes if nothing else
edible yes if nothing else
Tradewind
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You can eat Grey Triggerfish
You can eat Grey Triggerfish but not many people talk about eating the Black ones.
They're related to Blowies but don't appear to be toxic like the normal Pufferfish
Seems more people are interested in keeping them as pets
I still could be wrong, might be a different sub-family member of the Triggerfish as colours change at different depths, diets and habitats
Shane O
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catching good fun
good fun to catch if nothing else might just keep doing that to pass time at lunch time break
Auslobster
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Also guessing trigger....
...but without actually looking it up, maybe a tilefish?
fisheater
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im thinking
im thinking a leather jacket but reasonable eating with skin off