Rosy Snapper?


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 could be wrong but it looks

Mon, 2012-04-16 12:55

 could be wrong but it looks a bit like a rosy job fish.

 

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Sharptooth Jobfish

Mon, 2012-04-16 14:35

The 'jobfish' can be very difficult to tell apart, just based on photos.  However, I am pretty sure that this is a Sharptooth Snapper (Jobfish) Pristipomoides typus.  I can just count scales (plus or minus)from your photo and that narrows it down quickly for me.  Very interesting catch - thanks for sharing.

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Rosy

Mon, 2012-04-16 15:07

If i caught that up here in exxy i would call it a rosy jobbie. Been a while since i caught one though.

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Rosy

Mon, 2012-04-16 15:35

Yes Adam, they are very similar.  I have to admit to spending a bit of time on this one - there were a few things that swung me to Sharptooth, but the main one is that Sharptooth Snapper has around 50 scales along the lateral line, whereas the Rosy Snapper has smaller scales (60 or more along lateral line).  Yes, I zoomed in on the photo and counted - sad life, I know!  My guess is that they both get called 'Rosy Jobfish' most of the time.  Also, sorry about the use of the 'standard' name 'Snapper' rather than jobfish, but that's what I have to do.

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over gamex we were catching

Tue, 2012-04-24 09:50

over gamex we were catching heaps of them along with goldband and saddle tails, 120m off tanti, just a bit north towards helby bank.

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Thanks for lending your

Mon, 2012-04-16 16:06

Thanks for lending your expertise Glenn. It was great to catch and fantastic to chew!