Fish ID please
Submitted by Cruise Control on Mon, 2013-09-16 17:58
Can anyone ID this fish please. Caught deep off Exmouth
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Tradewind
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Looks like it could be a
Looks like it could be a small grey band cod
I say small because their parents get fucking huge
MattMiller
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Not
a GB (no white edges on fins or bars on flanks)
The spots on the flanks are interesting. Can't say i've ever seen of them up there before.
One for Glenn I think?
tim-o
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Cruise Control
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Hey Tim-oThis is my
Hey Tim-o
This is my bro-in-law, he is up there for a couple of weeks work and fishing in between. He asked me to see if I could get an ID for him. Have to say buggered if I know what it is. As Matt says, the spots on the side and no white edges on fins make me think its not a GB
cheers
Davi-d
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duskytail grouper
could it be a duskytail grouper? got the spots. shame there isnt a close up pic of it with the head inline and the fins opened up
Tradewind
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Usually the Duskytail has
Usually the Duskytail has larger spots and they're spread all over the body, and not in such a tight pattern
Hard to tell from the photo, but the tail looks all dark whereas the Dusky's tail is unusual and only has dark on 2/3 of it's tail. The upper 1/3 is the colour of the body including spots
Tradewind
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Had another look, closest I
Had another look, closest I could find is the Dotted Grouper which has a few names including spotted back grouper
Have a look at the photos:
http://www.arkive.org/dotted-grouper/epinephelus-epistictus/image-G49931.html
Davi-d
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i'd settle with that call
i'd settle with that call
dazanator
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a coral trout?? maybe
a coral trout?? maybe
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Glenn Moore
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Dotted Grouper
Well done Tradewind - based on what I can make out from the photo, I agree that this is most likely a Dotted Grouper Epinephelus epistictus.
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Cheers everyone. I have
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