Sombre Sweetlip?
Submitted by Hairyone on Mon, 2011-02-21 15:55
Gday,
Caught these at Port Gregory on Sunday.
Are they Sombre Sweetlip?
I never realised there were different types of sweetlip........
Cheers
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nackers
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did you eat them
did u eat them ? if so how do u rate it have caught them or very similar fish also but were released as they reminded me of a dusky moron .
dodgy
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Slatey Sweetlip, Blubberlips
Slatey Sweetlip, Blubberlips Bream, Mother in Laws. Not too many other repeatable names for them. Not generally recognised as an edible fish.
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Hairyone
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Cheers....Tasted alright to
Cheers....Tasted alright to me? Im not really fussy though....spent too long living in the desert so most fish tastes good to me...LOL
MattMiller
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Well...
put it this way, if you'll eat that you'd love a feed of Wirrah or Buff Bream, LOL
Rig
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which 1 are you
which 1 are you hairy on lol!!!
good or bad eating at least they are a decent size for a few fillets
Hairyone
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The one with the two
The one with the two fish.
Yep......got a few filets out of them!!!
petervb
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the smaller ones are fine if
the smaller ones are fine if you eat them fresh
big john
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Fight
They fight well, but I only know them as 'wrongs', everything is wrong about them.
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Hairyone
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Bugger all
Bugger all mate........seasoned flour and cooked in butter......fresh.
fishnut
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great catch!
Hairyone, you have 2 species there. The two you are holding are both Painted Sweetlip (Diagramma labiosum) Look for smaller scale, all the fine spotting on the tail and dorsal fin and no spots on the body. The one your mate has is the Sombre Sweetlip (Plectorhinchus unicolor) - it has larger scales, no spots on the tail and dark pectoral and ventral fins (the ones on the side and under the belly).
that's my 2c worth without seeing the fish in the flesh