Hiya
Huan, those pinkish reddish fish with white streaks are Red Stumpnose. PRIZED eating fish!!! Very highly rated table fare. Pretty easy to shoot though. They are suprisingly well comoflauged. All you see is a white dot approaching you. Thats the white fore-head, because the fish swims straight at you. When its with-in range, they generally turn broad-side, so as to get a better look at you!!!! Then you go........thwack!!
The nicest part about them is that they some-times seemingly appear out of no-where. One moment there's no fish, the next there is a couple of 2-5kg fish right in front of your gun!!!
You get different types of Steenbras. Red Steenbras is a reddish coloured fish. HIGHLY aggresive, has canine like teeth and is VERY territorial. Once again, they are easy to shoot, as they generally will approach a diver with-out fear. They have been known to attack divers as well. Story goes that the survivors of the wreck the BIRKENHEAD was attacked and eated by Red Steenbras. They grow up to about 80kgs and prefer deep rocky waters. When the cold thermoclines set in, they search the warmer shallower pinnacles where the spearo's can then shoot them. A bit of trivia, the scientific name is Petrus rupestris. Supposed named after Peter, which supposed gave THIS fish to Jesus, so that he could multiply them and feed the masses.
White Steenbras on the other hand is found in the surf zone, normally foraging the sand for worms , prawns and crabs. They are a silver fish with black vertical bars on the side. Scientific name: Lithognathus lithognathus and they grow to about 25kg's.
Hope that helps!!
Regards
miles
