Been catching alot of brown spotted wrasse (bastards) off Mandurah and haven't seen any colouration like this.
Think everyone knows the temptation to hold a fish when they dont know what it is, just in case they put back a ripper table fish by mistake.
Put what I now believe to be a decent Mangrove Jack back when I was in Exmouth because I just wasnt quite sure, didn't know, bugger it I'll put it back. Couple of guys on the ramp just about kicked me when I showed them the photos.
Leemo
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a wrasse of some sort. where
a wrasse of some sort. where did you get him from?
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pom down under
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Date Joined: 29/07/11
thats a dusky moraang or
thats a dusky moraang or wateva
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crasny1
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Date Joined: 16/10/08
Not that
Its a tuskfish, which type is hard to tell. Members include Blue bone and Baldchin groper.
Neels
Edit: member of the Choerodon family
see Fishwreckapedia - search Choerodon
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fishnut
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Date Joined: 22/09/10
Brown-spotted Wrasse
neither of those. It is a Brown-spotted Wrasse - male
aussie_breamer
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Date Joined: 24/08/10
+1
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bream slayer
Jas04
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Date Joined: 18/10/07
im sorry but why keep if you
im sorry but why keep if you dont know what it is
fishdenface
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Date Joined: 30/06/11
i dident keep it a lad i know
i dident keep it a lad i know cought it and was wondering what is was so i posted it up here for him. thaks for the answers guys
carnarvonite
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Blue spotted parrotfish
Blue spotted parrotfish
sjking
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Date Joined: 06/07/11
Strange colours for brown spotted wrasse
Been catching alot of brown spotted wrasse (bastards) off Mandurah and haven't seen any colouration like this.
Think everyone knows the temptation to hold a fish when they dont know what it is, just in case they put back a ripper table fish by mistake.
Put what I now believe to be a decent Mangrove Jack back when I was in Exmouth because I just wasnt quite sure, didn't know, bugger it I'll put it back. Couple of guys on the ramp just about kicked me when I showed them the photos.