Fish ID Please?
Submitted by DavidBaricevic on Wed, 2012-04-18 18:22
My mate caught this last weekend near two rocks and initially we thought it was a queen snapper but I got home and googled it and now Im not so sure not enough blue around the face and top of its body..
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Terry
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MMM
not the best of photos but I would say it is a Gold Spotted Sweetlips.
DavidBaricevic
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I know its not the best photo
I know its not the best photo It was with my Iphone which got a little wet... Im thinking some type of snapper (golden) didnt think its was a sweetlip as It wasn't really far enough up north what do you think...?
Terry
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Did you eat it Dave ? Darkish
Did you eat it Dave ? Darkish flesh ?
If it is what I suspect they are caught as far south as Busselton to the northern half of Australia.
The rubbery lips is also a bit of a giveaway too. Did it have golden spots on it ?
CURT
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G spot
Deffs a gold spot sweetlip -not a northern fish. Its not the fish in the illustration, that's a Moses sea perch. I think.
carnarvonite
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Spot on
You are spot on, its a gold spotted sweetlips
DavidBaricevic
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We ate it.... white kinda
We ate it.... white kinda flesh very tasty thanks for all the info....Never seen or even heard of anyone even catching one of these before....
DavidBaricevic
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The fish in the picture is a
The fish in the picture is a golden snapper, I got it of the website http://www.anima.net.au/ which is normally a very good website for fish ID's. I searched gold spotted sweetlip and my fish doesn't really look like their picture but I have seen other pictures on the web that make me think all you guys are right............thanks again.
Glenn Moore
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Goldspotted Sweetlips
For what it is worth - I agree - it is Goldspotted Sweetlips Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus.
Glenn Moore
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