Fish ID req - 100m Exmouth
Submitted by Adam Gallash on Thu, 2010-08-05 12:19
Can anyone help ID this fish, note it was caught in 100m of water off Exmouth and is NOT a robinson sea bream. Also note the fin colouration and bump on the nose. It could be a Japanese sea bream or some type of variation, but I don't have my book on me.
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Faulkner Family
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what size is it. might help
what size is it. might help with id. maybe Carnavonite will be able to help out, he has all the answers on fish id
.i would have said robo but as you said its not
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DazSamFishing
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almost looks like a Japanese
almost looks like a Japanese Sea Bream, but not 100% sure. It's a fat specimen if so.
carnarvonite
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Humpnose big eye bream ??or Naked headed sea bream
As you said it looks like a robinson seabream except for the bar patterns on its cheeks and the large eye.
The closest I can come up with is Humpnose big-eye bream but it definition doesn't give a depth.
Inhabits coral reefs and adjacent sand and rubble areas. Distinguished by large eye and bluntly rounded snout.
Juvenile with dark bars that are reduced to saddles on back as adults
Tend to go with the naked headed sea bream but the bump on its head isn't as pronounced.
Naked headed sea bream-- inhabits sand bottoms and trawling grounds similar to Swallowtail Sea bream but bars generally wider and more diffused and tail not as forked. NW Aust and SE Asia.
keef
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mozambique bream
mozambique bream
limit your catch, dont catch your limit
carnarvonite
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Mozambique bream
Looks like you're spot on Keef, just googled it and it is as close to it as possible.
keef
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yeah carnarvonite, i fillet
yeah carnarvonite, i fillet for a living n we get these guys in with the robbo sometimes. trap caught off broome & onslow i think
limit your catch, dont catch your limit