what fish is it
Submitted by Pedro the fisherman on Wed, 2015-06-10 08:52
hi Fellow fishers,
just wondering if anyone can finally put a name to this fish it has been widely debated .Caught in 70m of turtle bay /SHARK BAY/
4 weeks ago .
1. Rankin Cod
2. Bar Cod
it weighed about 11-12kg and was 900mm length .
will post story and a couple more pics soon.
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Alan James
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Eight bar grouper
or more commonly known as a greyband or greybanded cod here in Perth.
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WHAT COD IS IT
HI ALAN
IM hoping it is to as never tasted one of them but in that shallow water im very confused.
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JohnF
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It looks just like a greyband
It looks just like a greyband except it does not have white tips on the fins.....all our greyband have these white tips....
It looks half way between a GB and a bass groper....don't think it is a bass groper though.
Not sure.....
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Yeh, strange one. No white
Yeh, strange one.
No white tips at all so I don't think its a greyband.
70m is very shallow too.
It does not really look like a Rankin either. I have seen them with no really white markings before, but that one has a light belly and the shape of the head is wrong.
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Spot the greyband....
Spot the greyband....
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2nd from top lhs
2nd from top lhs
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Looks like a Rankin to me
Looks like a Rankin to me
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Alan James
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No white tips
I missed that when I first looked. And 70m as has been pointed out is shallow for greyband. I'm not sure now???
Might be one for our expert Glenn Moore.
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RANKIN ......
Just checked out andy macs images front cover page that's a big rankin too simular head shape but colouring not the same .
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Brucesta
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I'm calling that a Rankin
I'm calling that a Rankin too, especially for the depth and it's size. Thats about as big as they get. We caught one in Exmouth that was pushing 850mm and we where confused as it didn't look like a Rankin as it didn't have the white spots/blotches but once it was spiked and on ice you could start to see the colour around the belly and face.
If you look at it's head there you can see a faint few blotches there and looking back at the many Rankin's i've caught all the fins look identcal
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uncle
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Don't think it's a rankin
Don't know
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Rankin
Rankin that has come up from the bottom too quickly. Seen them lose their normal colour and look the same as that when you spike them.
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Rankin and a good one at
Rankin and a good one at that!
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Looks like a rankin to me
Looks like a rankin to me
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ive seen some rankins with
ive seen some rankins with hardly any blotches so that could just be one with out the bloches
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Definatley a rankin
Definatley a rankin
its got that sharp pointy bit of the gill plate that faces the tail
bigger they get less blotchy they are
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bod
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mystery
It has no white margins I know, but otherwise it sure looks like this greyband of Hlokk's.
cruzy111
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Big rankin.
Thats a big rankin about as big as they get. Spots fade with age. Just a question was it full of parisites like the ones we get in exmouth. Some of the really bigs ones that come through our park are riddled with all sorts of worms and parisites.
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Hmm
I'm not convinced that is a rankin due to the eyes, will send to Glenn.
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Eye out
As carnarvonite mentioned it's come from the bottom too quick.
May be... I'M no expert.
My first thought was lost Grey Band in shallows, hahaha
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caught a blue eye trevalla
in 33 metres off rotto, so guess its possible
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Glenn Moore
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Rankin Cod
I'm going with Rankin Cod Epinephelus multinotatus. There are some good pale blotches on the cheek.
Do you have a better photo of the tail - at least a photo that shows the whole tail?
Look at Bucko's photo above and the tail is an easy character to use. Rankin Cod has a crescent or 'lunate' tail (literally means 'moonlike'). Eightbar (Greyband) has a rounded tail. Easy
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Cheers Glenn, your input is
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What cod is it
WOW lots of opinions just like what's been happening with me and my mates .I will mention when caught was Iki jimi and put in an ice slurry upon taking out for cleaning it was very slimey and still had no coloring like the other rankings caught with it .It did have some small parasites in the gut and wing areas like the other rankin though. Will load some more pics in the morning guys just for GLEN to check out .hlokks grey band does look different to mine . Could I have caught some sort of HYBRID rankin bar cod thing .? Might has to call sculls and mouldering from the
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