What's this fish?

[John S]

The one my mate stuck his hand onto definitely wasn't a weaver. It did look a lot like the one in the pic at the beginning of this thread, but it was brown in colour.

[chesters1]

it could have been that fish i mentioned ,does he look ill ,claim his tackle anyway .

[MarkV]

The third picture looks like Cilla Black when she used to sing "surprise surprise"

 

What a lorra spike eh?

 

It also looks like it has been out in the sun too long without any sun cream on. They keep warning us about the dangers about UV!

[Bretty]

John S:

The one my mate stuck his hand onto definitely wasn't a weaver.  It did look a lot like the one in the pic at the beginning of this thread, but it was brown in colour.

Sounds like a greater weever to me

 

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/g...aterweever.html

 

Simla but difrunt culu

 

Bretty

 

[ 09 April 2002, 12:29 PM: Message edited by: Bretty ]

[Vagabond]

Although neither of the Sea Scorps are venemous, spiking your hand/finger/thumb could lead to the wound going septic - you get an injection of fish-slime plus whatever filth is on your skin surface at the time of spiking. Because of the slime injection, the wound is quite painful for such a small hole.

 

Sea scorps (usually the Long Spined species) are sometimes landed from piers and jetties, and the cry goes up "Stinger, stinger" - the irony being that when a real "stinger" such as the weaver is landed, its often unrecognised.

[John S]

It might have been the Greater Weaver then (I wish that like you gave showed a photo), I know the spines were very poisonous - enough to make his hand swell up like a balloon and hurt like hell....

[Bretty]

That sounds like a weever!

 

Saw a girl stand on one when we were in norfolk. Foot went like ballon. I think when that happens your supposed to put it in the hottest water you can bare and then the coldest and then back in the hot. This brings out the poison.

 

I've heard that it numbs and paralyses your body as it travels in your blood

 

Lesser weevers are often mistaken for whiting on a dark beach, not good!

 

Bretty

[spasor]

Commonly called `Bullhead` `Sea scorpion` or a dozen other local names?

Main difference between the poison cousins?

This fish has soft spines. Stone-fish and weavers have very sharp solid spines!! If in doubt? Don`t touch. LOL

Paul.

Last weaver I touched? Had the skipper boiling the kettle for hours. Immersion in very hot water is the best way to alleviate the pain of a weaver spike!!

[John S]

As an aside - years ago I used to keep marine fish, and in one tank had a couple of Scorpion fish (aka lionfish or firefish). One day I had the lid off the tank, and one of these little beauties decided to take flying lessons. The thing shot out of the water like a psychedelic bat out of hell and, not wanting it to hit the floor, I acted out of instinct and caught it in my hands

 

I now find myself with an extremely pee'd off Scorpion fish in my hand (thankfully it landed belly-down) which could at any moment land me in hospital for a few weeks, or even underground forever. The survival instinct took over at that point, and that fish traced a perfect arc as it flew back into the tank! Thankfully it (and I) were unharmed by the experience, and later I even trained it to take food from my hand