Fish ID please

Hi

Please ID. Thought maybe brown spot wrasse. Released and swam back strongly

Cheers

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 western rock blackfish

Tue, 2021-08-10 15:25

 western rock blackfish (Girella tephraeops)

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 Yep

Tue, 2021-08-10 16:00

 Yep

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 Rankin

Tue, 2021-08-10 17:11

 Rankin

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 One taste and you will know

Tue, 2021-08-10 19:19

 One taste and you will know you got it wrong :)

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 Definitely not

Wed, 2021-08-11 20:40

 Definitely not

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Western Rock Blackfish

Wed, 2021-08-11 08:10

They are not bad eating....a lot of lock fisherman target them 

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Thanks for the replies

Wed, 2021-08-11 09:26

 Didn't look very edible so released. 1st one ever caught or seen. This one was caught on the bank in about 40 metres

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