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Samson fish ID

Submitted by fish whisperer on Sat, 2012-10-06 19:00

Caught these two fish on different days South of Rotto. Can anyone confirm they are both samson fish despite the different appearance? One was caught around noon on an overcast day and the other was caught late afternoon which explains the difference in colours perhaps. I think picture 1 is a samson fish but not sure about the other fish.

 

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 1st is sambo second is

Sat, 2012-10-06 20:55

 1st is sambo second is sambo

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Both Sambo's I recon. The

Sat, 2012-10-06 19:19

Both Sambo's I recon. The second one is just skinny so does look a bit like and Amber, but too gold/brown for an Amberjack. Needs a good feed.

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both sambos, 2nd pic looks

Sat, 2012-10-06 20:18

both sambos, 2nd pic looks like plum weather! Welldone

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Both sambos.

Sat, 2012-10-06 21:57

Both sambos.

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 yep, both sambos. spike

Sat, 2012-10-06 22:09

 yep, both sambos. spike count ;) 

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Hi leemo can you explain the

Sat, 2012-10-06 22:56

Hi leemo can you explain the spike difference between the samson fish and amberjack............ i have a friend who caught a sambo but we were convinced it was an amber.

thanks

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Sambo ID

Sun, 2012-10-07 06:17

I think it is 23-25 dorsal fins for samson fish and 29-35 for AJ's.  Samson fish also apparently have red flesh around their teeth and their eye is behind the jaw hinge whereas on an AJ the eye is in front of the jaw hinge.

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Also the fattest part of the

Sun, 2012-10-07 06:44

Also the fattest part of the body is the head for sambos, its the gut for AJs.

Sambos look slimy, AJs look scaly.

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The spikes on the top of the

Sun, 2012-10-07 10:13

The spikes on the top of the head. ambers have more, am I correct? 

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 Thanks guy for all the

Sun, 2012-10-07 19:10

 Thanks guy for all the replies.