Have a look at Wylie's posting https://365project.org/pusspup/365-wylie-extra/2024-01-11 before anyone laughs at me this time! (J/K I know you won't!) Fascinated by his post, I thought I could fit this into the Australian saga as well!
This fish was so Crazy Weird, it had to be photographed, and now, all these years later I did the research! I thought it was like a Hawaiian "Unicorn Fish" , but a search proved me wrong. I gave a description and mentioned it was in Australia, and there it was, a fish also related to the Puffer Fish!
I'm going to hazard a guess out of 9 photos that this type of "Leatherjacket" is a Black Reef Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys Bucephalus), based on the length and angle of the nose, the little protruding teeth and the small tail. An article suggested they were good to eat "with very few bones" (check!)
I recall seeing it on the shore; "someone/something" thought it was good enough to eat!
Thank you all again for sharing information and your own stories here. I think I can hazard to say we all have been enjoying the camaraderie!
@pusspup I'm sorry if I was confusing! When I first went looking for it, it said the Leatherjacket was in "the family of" etc... Presently, I can't find that reference again...but I did love that even "the dead fish" in Australia are interesting to see!
