Sea Perch - But what type??
Submitted by Fozz on Tue, 2009-01-20 18:32
Caught this out wide of Dampier late last year, have been told its a scarlet sea pearch and a saddletail sea perch. Any advise on exactly which one it is?
Cheers Fozz
teto
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I've caught a few in Nth
I've caught a few in Nth QLD, we commonly call them a large mouth naniguy,hence there smaller cousin the small mouth,which is a saddle tail perch, not bad chewing either.
SamC
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Looks like a Scarlet Sea
Looks like a Scarlet Sea Perch to me!
Cheers,
Sam
Cheers,
Sam
wrassinator
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Looks like a saddle tail
Looks like a saddle tail
carnarvonite
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Saddletail
Looks like a saddletail to me.Has a bit bigger mouth than the crimson sea perch and doesn't have the darker colouring by the front of the dorsal fin
Either way still top eating
Fozz
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Saddletail It Is Then
Cheers Guys,
Either way both good on the tooth, but wanted to know. Thanks.
Justin
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Identifying fish
The book to get is THE MARINE FISHES OF NORTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA or MARINE FISHES OF TROPICAL AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA and for down south,THE MARINE FISHES OF SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA.They cover most if not all the fish we come into contact with