Painted Moki - still seeing fish for the firsttime
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Printed Date: 05 Nov 2026 at 3:24pm
Topic: Painted Moki - still seeing fish for the firsttime
Posted By: JustcallmeDoris
Subject: Painted Moki - still seeing fish for the firsttime
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2016 at 6:44pm
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With only 4 years under my belt, I am a novice compared to many of you guys... but was surprised to see a fish at Bland Bay that I had never seen before. Resorting to the wisdom of the mighty Axemen, Snoop with a wise and sage tone, informed me that it is a painted moki. Glad I didn't shoot it... it was acting like a puppy...  |
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Posted By: fish food
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2016 at 3:26pm
| Nice one |
Posted By: Pixie Z
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2016 at 12:39am
| Wow that's cool. Beautiful markings on it. Never seen one before. Just saw my third ever copper moki the other day. |
Posted By: Mad Spearo
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2016 at 11:07am
| Saw a copper moki yesterday - there's heaps at mayor island |
Posted By: Sea Wolf
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2016 at 12:26pm
| Cool fish! Have seen them at the outpost from time to time. |
Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2016 at 10:10am
| Mate, if you've only been diving for 4 years you've got a long time ahead of you seeing fish you've never seen before. There's something like 1250+ fish species recorded in NZ, with NEW ones being recorded pretty regularly |
Posted By: chalkeye
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2016 at 1:20pm
Yeah but 1200 of those are triple fins ------------- float like a crowbar, sting like a bee |
herby wrote:Posted By: S.H.A.G
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2016 at 5:44pm
With at least 1200 more triple fins yet to be discovered. ------------- Spearos Hunters And Gatherers |
Posted By: Troy Tempest
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2016 at 6:52pm
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I got this as my xmas present. It's the dogs bo#ocks of fish books and I can confirm there are many, many types of triplefin! http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/TePapaPress/FullCatalogue/NaturalHistory/Pages/FishesofNewZealand.aspx It is expensive but well worth it if you can swing one- it has kept me busy with the crappy seas we have been having! ------------- ·.¸¸.·´¯'·.¸¸·´¯'·.¸¸.·´¯'·.¸ ><((((º> .¸¸·´¯'·.¸¸.·´¯'·.¸ ><((((º> Just quietly getting on with it... |
Posted By: Sea Wolf
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2016 at 11:28am
| Hope it's got the Japanese Knifejaw fish recorded in it! |
Posted By: Terrapin
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2016 at 12:06pm
| The knifejaw Oplegnathus woodwardi is in there. Single record from off Greymouth. |
Posted By: Sea Wolf
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2016 at 1:05pm
| That's interesting. I spotted one at the outpost a few years ago. Long John later speared it and sent it to Te Papa. Does it give the date that it was recorded in Greymouth? When I mentioned it to Te Papa before LJ shot it they reckoned none had been recorded to date in NZ. |
Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2016 at 4:22pm
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Sea Wolf, Terrapin works at Te Papa and worked on those books. They are awesome by the way.
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Posted By: Diver Dan
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2016 at 5:49pm
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Also, a book like this has a long gestation, so it is difficult to keep it absolutely up to date ------------- Proud member of the Glen Innes Spearfishing Club |
Posted By: fish food
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2016 at 5:53pm
| Troy are the fish illustrated? Or photo ids |
Posted By: Troy Tempest
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2016 at 7:52pm
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There is a real mix... Some are line drawings, others are 'fish on a slab' photos a few are in water shots. It really is an insanely detailed work, not a spotters guide. So really is for interest rather than a casual guide. I'm sure as DD says it is already out if date but there is no way you will run out if you are on a tick list unless your are really committed:-) Current favourites Southern seadevil, because of its totally mad tail and phantom anglerfish. This may change as I read more! Herby- any chance of resurrecting the fish thread, that was sweet... ------------- ·.¸¸.·´¯'·.¸¸·´¯'·.¸¸.·´¯'·.¸ ><((((º> .¸¸·´¯'·.¸¸.·´¯'·.¸ ><((((º> Just quietly getting on with it... |
Posted By: Andr'e
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2016 at 10:10pm
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I seen a big boil up of trevaly at mokes last week that had two blue i presume they were trevaly in it. Was wondering if they were the bluefin trevaly and if anyone has taken one ------------- miss by an inch miss by a mile |
Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2016 at 9:34am
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If you look hard enough you'll find that those blue trevally are in most of the schools you see around the offshore islands and pins. They aren't bluefin trevally (the omilu from the tropics), bluefin trevally look more like GTs than our standard trevally. That's not saying a bluefin trev wouldn't get here, anything is possible.
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Posted By: Terrapin
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2016 at 9:37am
| The one from the outposts was a different species and didn't make the cut off date unfortunately. Same with the tailor speared on here, as well as Herby's toadfish. |
Posted By: Sea Wolf
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2016 at 11:30am
| Interesting. |
Posted By: Andr'e
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2016 at 5:14pm
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Thats gd i didnt miss a opportunity then for something special. Always gd to see a oddity ------------- miss by an inch miss by a mile |