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bloke i work with saw one a few weekends back in the flea bay marine reserve, has a video of it. I'd think you could almost grab them or knife them
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Black cod New Zealand Paranotothenia magellanica
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Did the cat touch it?
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If it had tattooed appearance then it is a Maori Chief Notothenia angustata, but if it appears black with no tatoos then it is the Black cod Paranotothenia magellanica. Geek

Hard to tell by picture...
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Originally posted by Paul B Paul B wrote:

finatic, i filleted it, was already to drop it in a curry but was not all that keen to go there without knowing what it was.


some people refer to marblefish as maori chiefs and according to wild blue they are not good to eat:

http://www.wildblue.co.nz/fish/nontarget/marblefish/

i know of an asian spearo who allegedly shoots and eats "maori chiefs" but i'm not sure if that's the fish in the picture, a marblefish or something different alltogether.
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Originally posted by Rusky Rusky wrote:

If it had tattooed appearance then it is a Maori Chief Notothenia angustata, but if it appears black with no tatoos then it is the Black cod Paranotothenia magellanica. Geek

Hard to tell by picture...
 
Surely there are more diagnostic characteristics than that? Sounds like you have a good book in front of ya Rusky.
 
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i always thought maori chief where the orange guys you find under rocks. not as flat bodied. 
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Pretty sure it is angustata. Seen quite a few, mainly Fiordland and Stewart Island, but also right up to Marlborough. The are OK to eat - a bit bland. Much better than Marblefish!!!! That is a biggy.
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so if i found another of reasonable size, what is the record claiming process herby, you are into claiming records right?
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Maori Chief is a generic name for any dark patterned fish that isn't a snapper or blue cod!!!! Definitely angustata - check out the eye ridges
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Yea was going to mention that along with all the other characteristics to distinguish the two types.  Learn something every day.
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contact me about record claims
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Hey Paul, I grew up in Akaroa, and now live in Wellington, so interested to hear you get out around Banks Peninsula, how do you get on around there? Do you get many crays? and what sort of fish do you see? Ever been out to Long Bay, Goughs, or Fishermans? Sorry for all the questions, but when i go home I usually dont even bother to take the dive gear down........
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Cuzza: I have dived most of the bays around the peninsula, all of the ones you have mentioned. By Fishermans are you referring to otanerito? I've perhaps only dived that one 7 times. Get some nice crays around there and patches of big butters. Would love to dive pompays on a clear day. Goughs I would like to get to more, can't say i'm very familiar with it, but have stopped in when everything has been dirty but there. Most of my diving is done with a dingy. I have a few mates with boats over 8m which i spend a bit of time on in summer but most of the bays you can hit with something small if you pick you launching spots correctly. Fish I'd see are you standard blue cod, blue moki, butters, the odd trumpeter, nothing extreme. Let me know when you do some to chch and we'll T up a dive.
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You have caught a black cod/Maori chief. Best of the cod family for eating
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Interesting first post Helen
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not the fastest reply me thinks. I'm sure whoever shot this has improved their skills by now…
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