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caught on bait in 115m off Exmouth yesterday. I'm guessing something from the fusilier family. It was about 40cm long


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its a queen herring :P body

Sat, 2011-06-25 13:11

its a queen herring :P body looks like a queenie, head looks like a herring :D

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Looks like you got some cod

Sat, 2011-06-25 13:18

Looks like you got some cod and rubies as well Tim ? Weather better than todays rubbish I bet . . .

As for the fish no idea. .

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I think you are correct Tim

Sat, 2011-06-25 14:01

It looks very similar to a Southern Fusilier in my reference book Guide to Fishes by E.M. Grant.  At 40cm it is a large sized one.  They are said to be quite good eating.

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Sat, 2011-06-25 14:47

im not sure what it is ither,but im looking forward to eating this one ,the meat was so white when we filletted it

 

 

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Yellowback fusilier

Sat, 2011-06-25 14:56

Your fish's colour looks somewhat faded, but suggests its a yellowback fusilier, grows to 40cm

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Had a look in the Marine

Sat, 2011-06-25 15:01

Had a look in the Marine Fishes of NW Australia and didnt find it. Thought I saw something similar in it but went through twice and didnt find it (maybe I missed a page :p). Not a lot on the fusilier page. Alan's suggestion of a Southern Fusilier is a pretty good match featurewise, but the book says its range is the opposite side of Australia to you (NSW and southern QLD). My book shows a prominent yellow stripe/patch. Says its similar to the red bellied fusilier, but that one doesnt quite match. Seeing as it looks quite close to a souther fusilier, chances are it is indeed a fusilier, just not one in the two books I have.


Oh, I recognise the cod on the lower right, I caught one out of Rockingham, haha.

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False Fusilier

Mon, 2011-06-27 09:57

False Fusilier (Paracaesio xanthura). 

also called Yellowtail Blue Snapper.  It is probably the same species as the Southern Fusilier (called Paracaesio pedleyi) in Grant's (east-coast focussed) book that Alan mentioned.

NOTE:  it is actually a tropical snapper (Lutjanid), not a fusilier

 

 

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Looked that one up from pics

Mon, 2011-06-27 10:05

Looked that one up from pics and apart from brightness of colour (colours can fade), if you draw a line from the top lip horizontally the line would pass through the centre of the eye, while on Tim's fish, if you draw a line, it would go a bit below the centre, so the eyes on those two fish are in different positions. Looks like it would be quite closely related. The body shape is pretty close.

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False Fusilier

Mon, 2011-06-27 10:19

not sure where you are getting that from, but this fish is a False Fusilier

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Lutjanid

Mon, 2011-06-27 11:18

I would go with the Lutjanid considering the depth it came from, false fusie would be my call as well.

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Yellowtail fusilier / False fusilier / Southern fusilier

Mon, 2011-06-27 12:03

The links below would suggest these are all common names for this fish.  There also seem to be alternate scientific names.

http://www.fishbase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=194

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=paracaesio+xanthura

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