FISH ID PLEASE?? 2 New Photos
Submitted by Aussie Boofhead on Thu, 2011-03-17 11:47
caught this in my throw net down the spoil bank, got 3 of them, all were released
the latest two i caught from Finicune Island Boat ramp in Port Hedland, both were released
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fishnut
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Brown Sweetlip
It's a juvenile Brown Sweetlip (also called Blubberlip) - Plectorhinchus gibbosus. They look like that until about 200mm then start to go browner or greyer.
Great photo - makes it easy to ID
carnarvonite
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Correct
Fishnut is spot on the money
Aussie Boofhead
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thanks mate.. i got another
thanks mate.. i got another fish i was unsure but had a look through the fishwreckepida and found out it was a Javalin Fish
the old blackberry takes an ok photo
carnarvonite
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Easier
You could make it a bit easier if you give your location, not too many readers know where the spoil bank is even though its common knowledge in Hedland.
HuggyB
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pfffft, brown sweetlip my butt
that fish is a result of interspecies breeding between a herring and a pink snapper - it's as clear a case as I have ever seen.
case closed.
The Terrorist - coming to a fishing spot near you.........
jus
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i would've said it was a
i would've said it was a redfin and pinkie cross huggyB :P
fisho-ron
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i was thinking pinky cross
i was thinking pinky cross something to.
mutant pinkys!!!
the world is getting weird you know
sea-kem
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Mutations from the fallout
Mutations from the fallout already????
Love the West!
Aussie Boofhead
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got 2 new photos
got 2 new photos
fishnut
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middle is probably what used
middle is probably what used to be called Blue-spotted Emperor (but hard to completely sure). The red on the edge of the gill suggests it might be a red-spot emperor, but I don't remember them getting the banded pattern (is that red part of its colour, or blood stains?).
bottom one is Stripey Seaperch
Aussie Boofhead
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part of its colour
part of its colour
Faulkner Family
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i can tell you for sure,
i can tell you for sure, they are all fish.. isnt that bottom one a spannish flag. middle one i have caught heaps around exxy but the name slips me but the first one is a throwback from another species, does it have 3 eyes as well
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
fishnut
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yeah Russ - spanish flag =
yeah Russ - spanish flag = stripey seaperch
Hammerhead
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Could it be
A Pink Bream!!!