Fish id
Submitted by rossco21 on Mon, 2016-05-16 10:24
Hi guys just after some of your thoughts. A mate of mine is away up Exmouth way with his wife. They caught and id'd this fish as a dark tail snapper. When I was having a look through some pics I had my doubts as to if it was a dark tail. I know the paddle tail are caught a bit higher up the coast but to me it looks closer to one of them which your not meant to eat with that ciguatoxin carrier. Just after your opinions on what you think. 
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crasny1
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No expert
But Im sure that's a dark coloured mangrove jack.
Ciguatera non existent in WA (so far) so you can eat the prime risk fish in WA like Chinaman and Red bass.
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crasny1
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"It does not and has not
"It does not and has not happened in WA. If a case has been reported it is usually a tourist who got it in so far Fiji, and mild.
There has been 2 cases in the last few years in Australia, both from Fiji.
Never a reported true case from WA, and extremely rare in NT.
Straight from a Toxicologist (Not Dr Peter Dingle)"
Copied from a discussion I had with a Toxicologist in 2010. See link http://fishwrecked.com/forum/ciguatera-disease
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GGs
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rossco21
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See initially when I saw the
See initially when I saw the pic I said it had looked like a jack but they were outside the reef which seemed strange in my opinion. Yeah I hadn't thought there were many/ or any cases of the toxins here but just looking through the new id fish app I sort of thought it looked like the saddle tail. All good. Cheers.
Meeuwissen
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looks a dark tail
Snapper to me but its got a funny shaped head
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mullows
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Dark tail snapper for mine.
Dark tail snapper for mine. Has a funny looking head cos its nearly completely severed from the body hahaha.
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sunshine
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Too smaller scales for a Jack
Believe it was called correctly as a dark tail......taste good either way
daze out
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moses sea perch?
I've always thought they were Moses sea Perch. It's a bit darker than normal and a good size as well.
Not 100%, just a thought...
Yewiefish85
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100% dark tail
100% dark tail
Adam Gallash
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Dark tail - Sea Perch
With every one else, the head shape is 100% sea perch and dark tail have the white line on the inside of the caudal fin.
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Timwoody86
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Moses peach
I'm with daze out. Moses sea perch. Good eating
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Silver Fox
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Dunno about the fish
The French nail job looks sweet to me... Good on the lady for getting them nails dirty.
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