What type of fish? It's blue with a yellow stripe... GOT THE PICTURE UP!!

Hey there,

Hoping someone can help me.  We are new to fishing in WA and caught a fish off Karratha.  It is bright/irradescent blue and has a yellow stripe/banner from it's nose almost the length of its body.  It's tail is long.  I do have a picture of it on my phone but can't get it from my phone to the PC Frown.

Anyone?

 

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Fusilier?   How big was it?

Mon, 2010-02-22 11:24

Fusilier?

 

How big was it?

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rainbow runner?

Mon, 2010-02-22 12:11

rainbow runner?

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id

Mon, 2010-02-22 12:28

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Thanks guys.  Not a

Mon, 2010-02-22 14:20

Thanks guys.  Not a fusilier, and not quite the same as a rainbow runner either.  It was probably about a foot long, but the tail and top fin is blue whereas the rainbow runner is yellow (accordingly to google images anyway!).

I am going to get this photo uploaded somehow, because I think once you see that, it will be clear to someone...

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bait

Mon, 2010-02-22 14:43

catch a fish that colour full.    its bait

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Haha, thought it might look

Mon, 2010-02-22 15:20

Haha, thought it might look good with our guppies!

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Trolling

Mon, 2010-02-22 15:32

Yep definately a good trolling bait. Better than most lures.  Rob

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Awww c'mon!  Must be a

Mon, 2010-02-22 15:46

Awww c'mon!  Must be a girly fish cos I think it's cute!  But the OH still really wants to know what sort it is....

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fuselier

Mon, 2010-02-22 15:58

Yep, its a fuselier, not bad for bait but they look too good so go back to swim another day in my book.

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What sort of Fusilier?

Mon, 2010-02-22 16:13

The ones I googled don't really look like it.....

Like this link: 

http://www.underwater.com.au/content/816/gallery_main.jpg

 

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Fusiliers are a group of

Mon, 2010-02-22 16:21

Fusiliers are a group of fish, so theres a fair few species with lots of different colourations. You can get fish ID books of the NW and it should be in there (bit hard to get the exact species otherwise unless you can find a good guide online)

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A pretty Fish

Mon, 2010-02-22 16:04

A pretty FishKiss

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Hey man,

Mon, 2010-02-22 17:10

Iam pretty sure that is called a whiptail.

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Whiptail

Mon, 2010-02-22 17:10

I'd call it a Whiptail. "The Marine Fishes of NW Australia" and Fishbase call it a Purple Threadfin Bream. To make it easy, let's call it Pentapodus emeryii. Good livies, no matter what you call them.

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De ja vue

Mon, 2010-02-22 17:18

This just came up as a random image.

http://fishwrecked.com/image/pretty-fish

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Thanks guys! Yep, I'd call

Mon, 2010-02-22 17:48

Thanks guys!

Yep, I'd call it a Purple Threadtail Bream:

 

 

The yellow doesn't show up in this pic from the wa museum site, but it's definitely there.

So I'm going with this answer.... (maybe it's a type of fusilier??? No idea!).  OH is most impressed that if he gets another he could use it as bait to catch a whopper!

 

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It's a fish with a big hole

Mon, 2010-02-22 18:23

It's a fish with a big hole in it's mouth.

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amazing colour

Mon, 2010-02-22 21:06

oh jeez gino i mighta getta da monaro a duco like dat!

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hmm

Tue, 2010-02-23 08:32

Quick get the boga grips!!!