Fish ID please
Submitted by Sails4me on Mon, 2013-06-10 19:07
Hey fella's Caught a few of these off the Murion Islands today. Could you please identify what they are, as they were in plague proportions. If they are any good, hopefully we can get some more tomorrow. Cheers
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scotto
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Robbo
Robinson sea bream.
hopefully this is one of those times where it wasn't thrown back without knowing what it was!
Sails4me
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Fish ID
Hey Scotto
definately not Robinson Sea Bream, as we have caught plenty of those for the freezer. This is more like a spotted cheek emperor or something else. They grunted a bit when de-hooking.
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scotto
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Ah yeah,
Yeah a closer look, could be a javelin?
harry_davis
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Also known as Barred Javelinfish and Spotted Grunter because of the grunting noise they make on capture, adult Spotted Javelinfish are slender silver fish with a golden tint on the sides. The upper operculum is olive-yellow, the snout dusky with yellow. All fins, including the square cut tail are clear. The lower lobe of the tail is blotched in white towards the tip. There is a strong, spear-shaped anal spine. The mouth is relatively small.
Juveniles have 7 to 11 vertical bars comprised of small dark spots over the upper sides. There are also dark spots between the spines and rays of the dorsal fin. These spots fade with maturity, along with the silver blue to green back of the dorsal area of the juvenile which fades to silver.
Spotted Javelinfish grow up to 6kg and 66cms in length.
They are considered good eating and freeze well.
Spotted Javelinfish are found from Shark Bay Western Australia, around the tropical north to northern New South Wales.
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dodgy
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More like a Javelin Fish to
More like a Javelin Fish to me. Still good to eat.
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Sails4me
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Javelin Fish
Hi Harry
Thanks very much, that is spot on. Hopefully we can find them again tomorrow.
Cheers
Sails
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harry_davis
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Happy to help
Happy to help
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Bunny
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It's probably more
It's probably more appropriate to call it a Barred Javelin. In our neck of the woods we just call the grunter. Not to be confused with the Silver Javelin which can also be called a spotted or small spotted grunter.
http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/28_14890.htm