fish identification
Submitted by caytoy10 on Mon, 2014-07-28 14:33
G'day all, can anyone help with the identification of this fish caught off the Derwent wreck. It was approximately 800mm long and dark red flesh,not good eating,cheers
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Caytoy 10
Dhuvinile
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some sort of jobfish by the
some sort of jobfish by the looks or possibly a flame snapper
carnarvonite
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Rosy Jobfish
Looks like a rosy jobfish to me, reasonable eating quality with nice firm flesh.
Alan James
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Japanese Rubyfish
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/wa-museum
Habanero
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Saw Toothed Jobfish
Get em in the deep water in Fiji ( also Hawaii ) where they fetch top dollar
caytoy10
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fish identification
cheers for the input thank you all
Caytoy 10
fishcrazy
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rubyfish
Jap rubyfish the guy at the museum was chasin a specimen hes on fishwrecked
southcity104
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seems to be a resident population
on the Derwent. Ive caught them there and a number of others. 800 is a biggest ive seen
"Its a life style job"
fishcrazy
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derwent
Yea tony got mine there too
Glenn Moore
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Japanese Rubyfish
Good memory Alan and fishcrazy. Still looking for a specimen donation...
Glenn Moore
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