Fish ID
Submitted by little johnny on Sat, 2024-02-17 13:41
Hit a duo jig . I know it’s not , but it so looked like a Barra . ( brown one) any ideas?
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Alan James
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Sand Bass
Looks similar to a Sand Bass?
Maverick
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Where
Where was it caught ???
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Reefsta
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+1 sand bass
On the fishes of Australia there are 3 photos of the sand bass. The distribution map shows them mostly n in the warmer coastal arras. The middle photo here https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Images/Image/PsammopWaigiensBillMark.jpg looks a lot like yours
Reefsta
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+1 Sand bass link
That last link doesn't seem to work. Here is the link to the whole page on Fishes of Australia about the blavck sand bass. https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4644 . On that page there are 3 photos of the species and the middle one looks just like your catch.
richie68
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I agree. sand bass
Sand Bass.
richie68
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PS . get any squid?
Been getting a few in the sound. North.
little johnny
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Was caught cockburn
Yeah got squid pretty easy
Yewiefish85
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100% sand bass
100% sand bass
Meeuwissen
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Use to get a few of them out the heads in freo
Kept a couple nice flesh, pretty delicate lightly crumbed comes up good. I remember the first one I caught I legit thought I caught the southernmost Barra hahah
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Catch the Experience
carnarvonite
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Red eyes
Looks to have the ruby red eyes of a sand bass
Swompa
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Sand Bass. I have seen a few
Sand Bass. I have seen a few on a spot that i swim at at inside Garden Island and a mate caught a big one beind the island a few weeks
NORUN NOFUN
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Known as night barra when I
Known as night barra when I lived in Darwin, quite a common bycatch up there and they seem to be plentiful everywhere i have travelled around the NT and WA.
Fathom
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Sand Bass
Psammoperca waigiensis......I know where a couple live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJjfFX5bTnQ
little johnny
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Pretty cool
Video fathom .