[beefcake]

hi all
i have just returned home from all night fishing from folkestone pier and i have a intresting thing to tell!!!
i caught a flatfish that looked like a dover soul but it wasnt because this fish was very round and both eyes were on the top of its head.
my friend said it could be a flatfish called magnim or something like it.
it had like diamand patterns on it back and it had a really small tail, if you know what sort of fish this is please tell me because i am very intrested?
thanks beefcake

 

[beefcake]

hi everyone
sorry but i had to try to find what sort of fish it is and its called a thumb!!!
i dont know how to send pictures on here but if you go to google images then type is thumb flatfish then you will see the fish i caught!!!
beefcake

 

[John Mason]

Might be a Topknot. They've got tiddly little tails!

See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/topknot.html

Cheers - John

 

[beefcake]

hi
the fishes body was quite round!!!
but thanks for trying to help
beefcake

 

[Garry]

Hi Beefcake

Well You just had me in stitches the link you refer to is a 'thumb' yes a thumbnail image of a Topknot (Zeugopterus punctatus) the reason the word thumb comes up is that the computer stores the image as ---thumb so it can save space on the web site. Another good reason to beleive it was a Topknot is the fact that they live on rough ground and around piers.

You could just ignore this advice and claim the new British Record! by the way I've never caught a Topknot so thats one up on me back!

Regards and tight lines, Garry

 

[Pedro the Fisherman]

Nice one Garry! Thumbs up for topknot???? A useful website for identification. Good pictures and info

 

[beefcake]

hi all
im sorry about that - lol
so its a topknot, are they rare.
thanks
beefcake
sorry again the the wrong name!!! ]