Mangrove Jack/Red Bass
Submitted by Ash88 on Fri, 2012-06-15 08:05
Hey everyone just a quick question in regards to Mangrove Jack and Red Bass I have a feeling i know the answer but would like it confirmed are they the same with just different names or are they two different species?
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Ash
scotto
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2 different
close cousins though
Ash88
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Cheers for that had a
Cheers for that had a suspicion that they were different.
SABRE
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Yeah was watching et last
Yeah was watching et last night and that exact subject came up-closely related but definetley different,both nice eating though.
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Ash88
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Ah ok lol hopefully be able
Ah ok lol hopefully be able to get either when i go to shark bay next year
Adam Gallash
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Top one is a red bass, bottom
Top one is a red bass, middle one is an offshore mangrove jack. You can see the differences in body shape and usually the eyes. The third pic is a creek mangrove jack, much easier to distinguish.
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Ash88
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Cheers Adam only downside
Cheers Adam only downside side is now I'm extremely keen to go fishing but stuck 700k's from home at work lol
crasny1
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Latjana species
Red Bass = Latjanus bohar, Mangrove jack = Latjanus argentimaculatus ( I love to call this one arguementiculatis because it allways fight with you)
Red emporor, spanish flag, fingermark, moses perch etc all belong to the same family. All great to eat (watch Ciguatera with Red bass in the Eastern States).
This link shows them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutjanidae
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It shouldn't be too hard
It shouldn't be too hard distinguishing the difference between MJ vs redbass.
I reckon Cubera Snapper is harder to tell apart from MJ apart from its size.
Oh I remember there was case when a "Niugini Blackbass" caught off East M'sia mangrove system was sent to IGFA for record purposes only to be rejected because it was a MJ!! The MJ weight 6kg if I am not wrong. Saw the photo of the dead MJ....I would have called it Niugini Blackbass myself cos I can't tell them apart too!
Ash88
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Lol there is always something
Lol there is always something to test a fishermen/woman lol and thank you for the responses