Garden island Fish ID please?
Submitted by avago on Mon, 2014-01-27 10:31
Hi,
this was caught just other side of garden island, i thought this was a buff bream at first but it didnt seem right, and you cant really make out in the photo but it had really vivid yellow lips.
It went back of course but after searching online and various books I am at a loss as to what it is.
Any help much appreciated, Thanks!
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scottnofish
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photos not working mate
photos not working mate
avago
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sorry, how about now? looks
sorry, how about now? looks ok to me after i re-uploaded it
scottnofish
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now it is
Sea Sweep are deep bodied fish varying in colour from slate grey to silvery blue and occasionally with two faint vertical blotched saddles on the upper side. All fins are slate grey. The lower jaw is bright yellow in larger fish. The body is covered with tiny ctenoid scales. The dorsal and anal fins both have a prominent raised lobe. The caudal fin is large and forked and the pectoral fins are small.
Sea Sweep grow to 3.5kgs and 61cms in length.
Bigger sized Sea Sweep are considered good eating. Small Sea Sweep make good live bait for kingfish and samsonfish.
In Australia, Sea Sweep are found from Shark Bay Western Australia, around the southern coast including northern Tasmania, then north to Jervis Bay New South Wales, on deeper coastal reefs.
avago
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Thanks for that! i was sure
Thanks for that!
i was sure i looked at sweep, but must have scanned straight over it thinking of banded sweep etc having such different body style.
D_d_001
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black drummer I think
black drummer I think
edit : yeah I stand corrected.....sweep
chris raff
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They go alright for their
They go alright for their size .. put one on the bbq once , but got the thumbs down in the taste department .
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