Fish ID
Submitted by santhmoore on Sun, 2011-05-29 20:36
Hello people, came across this small school of fish offshore south of Rotto, landed 3 in as many minutes, the one pictured is 58cms. Not sure if they are ruby snapper, red snapper or something different entirely. Any suggestions? A very interesting fish, I'm guessing Red Snapper.
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Helen
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Looks like a gold fish... u
Looks like a gold fish... u sure u were fishing in the ocean? lol
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Goodz
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Red Snapper or Nannygi.. not
Red Snapper or Nannygi.. not sure of the difference? Nice to eat tho!
santhmoore
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Ooops that's right I was in
Ooops that's right I was in my local betta pets store.
MattMiller
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Here we go again
it's a Red Snapper mate. SOme crew call them Nannygai but that's a common name and technically incorrect.
Have a look through this: http://fishwrecked.com/content/fishwreckapedia
and this: http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/pub/WestLimits/westcoast_rules_2011.pdf
santhmoore
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Yep that's what I think a Red
Yep that's what I think a Red Snapper. Thought they were different to Nannygai though.
fishing94
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over on the east coast they
over on the east coast they call them nannygai but over here there called red snapper i still call them nannygai tho
Names matt
MattMiller
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Here ya go mate
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Also known as Bight Redfish, Red Snapper are deep bodied fish with a red upper back fading to a silver belly, six dorsal spines and a very obvious white lateral line. All fins are edged with white. The eye is red. The tail is forked but not so deeply as the Swallowtail and the head is less rounded than the Nannygai.
They grow to 4.6kgs and 66cms in length.
Red Snapper are considered excellent eating.
They are endemic to Australia and are found from Lancelin Western Australia, south around to Bass Strait, northern Tasmania, in waters to 300 metres.
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In Western Australia commonly referred to as Nannygai (Centroberyx affinis), although true Nannygai only occur on the south-east coast of Australia.
Yellow-eye Red Snapper are red with distinguishing yellow eyes. The pelvic fins are pale, the pectoral fins are almost transparent and the forked tail has a broad intense red stripe on each lobe. Like Red Snapper, these fish also have 6 dorsal spines. True Nannygai have 7 dorsal spines.
Yellow-eye Red Snapper grow to 32cms in length.
They are considered good eating.
In Australia they are found from Shark Bay Western Australia, south around to the South Australian/Victorian border, in deep offshore waters.
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Also known as Swallowtail Nannygai, Swallowtail have a red upper body with silver sides and belly. They are easily identified by their long swallow like tail. They do not have the white lateral line visible on Red Snapper. They have a large, upturned mouth and large black eyes.
They grow to 43cms.
Swallowtail are considered good eating.
In Australia they are found from Lancelin Western Australia, south around to southern NSW but not including Tasmania, commonly seen over reefs.
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True Nannygai are moderately deep bodied fish, coloured silver and orange to bright red with pale spots on the scales forming stripes. They have a large head with serrated opercular and pre-opercular ridges, large red eyes, a rounded snout and an upturned mouth extending back to the eye. There are no pale fin margins and the caudal fin is deeply forked. They can be identified from other similar species by their 7 dorsal spines.
They grow to 51cms in length.
Nannygai are considered good eating.
In Australia, Nannygai are only found from southern Queensland to northern Tasmania.
Seaquest
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Nice mate, one of the best
Nice mate, one of the best eating fish in the ocean.
Technically a red snapper but most people in WA call them nannies. Even the local fish monger down my way sells them as nannies.
grayzeee
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did you cut yourself picking
did you cut yourself picking it up??
should be named red razorfish
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
santhmoore
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grayzee, hahahaha. I am
grayzee, hahahaha. I am nursing some pretty nasty cuts. You have obviously caught one before. How's the scales & gill plate, never seen anything like it. Very interesting fish, big head, enormous eye, big tail & small body.
till
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Razor everywhere, pretty
Razor everywhere, pretty tasty though.
I knocked the fillets off my last big one, then made a great fish stock out of the head and frame.
MattMiller
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Only one way to hold them
Thumb in the mouth (bugger all teeth).
till
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Thats the way!
Thats the way!
MattMiller
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HAHA,
been getting a fair bit of practie handling these buggers lately
I've found this is by far the easiest way to handle them, even better when your holding 2.
STEVE231
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Agree with Graham, there's
Agree with Graham, there's not much on them buggers that ain't sharp!!