Deep water IDs
Submitted by Belly88 on Sun, 2014-08-24 19:34
Hi all just wondering if anyone has any idea on what these 2 are caught it 430m off ocean reef this weekend.
One im guessing is a Black Snoek or Barracouta (not sure which one) so was returned
and the other im guessing some type of gurnard (tasted delishious)
Cheers Belly
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fishcrazy
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frostfish
Bottom one looks very frostfish
JohnF
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Short finned, spiny ruby
Short finned, spiny ruby snapper.....haha.
Your braver than me heading to the shelf on a day like Saturday!
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Lamby
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Gemfish for me &
Bottom one is a Gemfish for me & commiserations to you if it was released!
Belly88
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First one
My guess now after hours of searching on the first one is Big Eyed Ocean Perch..
Ill be keeping them again for sure. Smallish fish but dam delishious!!! Caught about 10 wish we kept more then 1.
As for the second one thought it might have been a gem fish but was too unsure to bother keeping. Spewing if it was..
Yeh John was pretty scetchy heading out in the morning but other then the swell and lack of fish it was magic in the deep.
Belly
Alan James
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I think you have them both sussed
Bigeye Ocean Perch and a Black Snoek. Gemfish are generally a lot more solid both in depth and width.
JohnF
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Yep, agree, Big Eye Ocean
Yep, agree, Big Eye Ocean Perch.....grow to 1.5 kg and 60 years old........wow, slow growing fish. Apparently excellent table fish, as you have found.....and poisonous spikes.....
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southcity104
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ocean perch
They have me cheering when they hit the deck. Great eating. My mate copped a deep spike from one last week, drew blood but no pain.. He might have been lucky??
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Black Snoek - Thyrsitoides
Black Snoek - Thyrsitoides marleyi
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Adam Gallash
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Snoek
Yeh black snoek. Caught one of exxy, kept and cooked, definitely be released next time!
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Shark1
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Did u have a bit of time in
Did u have a bit of time in the small room Adam -m8 nearly lost his ring after eating what he thought was a gem fish- turned out to be a black snoek
as far as I know we don't get gemmies in WA
Alan James
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Gemfish in WA
Fyi the link below suggests there are gemfish in WA. Never caught one myself. There is another fish called an escolar which is related to the gemfish and the black snoek and these apparently can literally give you the shits in a big way. This is probably what your mate ate.
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Gemfish-Rexea-solandri-Cuvier-1832/
Glenn Moore
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Gemfish
Yes, we definitely have Gemfish in WA - in fact 4 species! This is a very interesting family of deepsea fishes. If anyone is interested and feel like a bit of Google-time, in WA, we have at least:
GEMFISHES — Gempylidae
Striped Escolar — Diplospinus multistriatus
Snake Mackerel — Gempylus serpens
Escolar — Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
Black Snake Mackerel — Nealotus tripes
Sackfish — Neoepinnula orientalis
Longfin Gemfish — Rexea antefurcata
Small Gemfish — Rexea bengalensis
Royal Gemfish — Rexea prometheoides
Gemfish — Rexea solandri
Oilfish — Ruvettus pretiosus
Barracouta — Thyrsites atun
Black Snoek — Thyrsitoides marleyi
Oh, and that is a Black Snoek above.
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Belly88
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Cheers
Cheers guys yeh that was my thought hence the release.. Good to know for sure cheers!!
Belly
Beard_Slob
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GOOD BEARD!
GOOD BEARD!
Belly88
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Cheers Mate
Cheers mate plenty of time and effort gone into growing it over the last 9 months
Belly
harro
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gemfish
gemfiush, i love them, and maybe a gurnard?
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doubleheader_king
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Bottom one
Definetly black snoek
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HAHA
Knew there had to be a comment about the beard
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