Species ID please
Submitted by chrisd on Tue, 2011-10-18 23:20
Can anyone confirm the id of these species for me please? still learning. Thanks.
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Ben Derecki
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1) Brown banded catshark2)
1) Brown banded catshark
2) Unsure - whaler of some sort?
3) Black tipped reef shark?
4) Grinner (some people call them lizardfish too)
chrisd
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Cheers BenI thought 2 might
Cheers Ben
I thought 2 might be a Juvenile Bronze Whaler? just waiting to see what the shark experts have to say.
I also thought the same as you for 3 BTR shark again need confirmation and 4 I thought lizardfish but was hoping to get a precise specie
Thanks Chris
Blue Whaler
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2. Juvenile Bronze Whaler is
2. Juvenile Bronze Whaler is correct.
Nice catches.
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hlokk
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For the sharks, have a look
For the sharks, have a look at the species ID here:
http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/sec/env/sharks/index.php?0000
http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/op/op001/fop001.pdf
3. is mostly likely a spinner shark. Even though it has black tips, we just dont get black tip reef sharks down metro way (unless you're fishing up north, but its still not a black tip reefie)
chrisd
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Yeah it was up north and I
Yeah it was up north and I think you're spot on with the Spinner Shark actually as I just noticed it has a long snout indicative of this species. Thanks for the links but I'm never sure anyway and some of the guys are pretty good on here at confirming either way. Cheers C
Jakeu420
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Where did ya get these mate??
Where did ya get these mate??