Unknown fish
Submitted by carnarvonite on Sun, 2014-06-15 20:51
Its not very often that I get a fish that I can't identify by going through all my books but here's one in the hope that someone has got one before or knows what it is. Caught off the back of the islands off Carnarvon last week while wetlining for snapper
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bod
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what about this?
Rainbow Monocle Bream - Scolopsis monogramma
Rainbow Monocle Bream have a blue/grey dorsal area with silver sides and a series of angled yellow dots that can form a solid stripe on the side of the body. There are three blue stripes on the snout which are often separated by orange, a blue stripe behind the eye and a blue stripe running underneath the eye bending down towards the pectoral fin base. The dorsal fin is yellow and the tail fin is yellow with a blue margin and elongated tips.
Juvenile Rainbow Monocle Bream have a broad black stripe from the snout through the eye and along length of the body to the caudal fin, and two broad black stripes each side of the dorsal fin running the length of the body.
Rainbow Monocle Bream grow to 30cms.
They are average eating.
In Australia, Rainbow Monocle Bream are found from the central coast of Western Australia around the tropical north, and south to central New South Wales.
ALEXANG3
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Hey mate, i'd say its a
Hey mate, i'd say its a Rainbow Monocle Bream, Scolopsis monogramma. Get them with a variety of markings depending on age, and sometimes with/without the long caudal fin filaments.
Cheers
Alex
carnarvonite
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Thanks
Thanks boys, can let the blokes on the boat know