Fish Id?
Submitted by Average_fisher on Thu, 2017-05-18 20:33
Hey guys, any ideas with this, caught in dampier.
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oz74
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Easy
its a spangled sweet throat!
Feral
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grass emperor, aka black
grass emperor, aka black snapper, tricky snapper etc
Average_fisher
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Grass emperor??? With such a
Grass emperor??? With such a short face, I thought it might have been in the snapper family at least, all emperor's have such long faces.
ranmar850
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looks like the common yellow-tailed emperor
Even though the tail is red :-) small species, rarely above 300mm. Very common up north. Not a black snapper, aka blue-lined emperor, grassy emperor, etc, IMO.
striker
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Mmm Think
There's a bit of a windup going on mate, on search function on left you'll find fish Id and you'll find your answer rather easily. However above is spot on.
MattMiller
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Fishwreckapedia
On the first page about 1/3 way down.
Yellowtailed Emporer