Fish id
Submitted by sammy85 on Sun, 2013-03-03 09:22
Can anyone Id this one a mate caught today. 
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carnarvonite
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Where
Where was it caught
Habanero
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what
What was it caught on?
sammy85
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Near rotto and on bait I
Near rotto and on bait I would say
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carnarvonite
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Sand Bass
Being unable to see all of the dorsal fin shape to get a full description, my guess is a sand bass
dd83wa
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Definitely not a sand bass.
Definitely not a sand bass. This is a sand bass www.scuba-equipment-usa.com/marine/APR06/Sand_Bass(Psammoperca_waigiensis).html
My guess would be goldspotted sweetlip. And they do get darker colouration like that.
carnarvonite
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Wrong sand bass
Take a look at sand bass in Sea Fishes of Southern Australia by Barry Hutchins and Roger Swainston , the one you have linked to has no resemblance
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here is one for Glenn.. bit
here is one for Glenn.. bit hard to tell in this pic with the angle but looking at the pic i dont think its a sand basse or a gold spot. looks to be the wrong shape for gold spoot as they tend to be higher in the body comparing to the length of the body.
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goldspot for me
goldspot for me
dd83wa
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Don't have it on me
Don't have it on me canarvonite but I don't doubt it. That's the problem with using vernacular. Scientific names don't lie.
I always grew up calling the fish I linked to, sand bass. They're in fishwreckapedia.
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Goldspotted Sweetlips
This fish looks quite odd in the photo, but this is a Goldspotted Sweetlip Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus. The really spotted fins are a giveaway for me.
also: The fish in the link is a Sand Bass Psammoperca waigensis, but a young one. Ignore the colour and patterns and you'll se it is the same shape as the one illustrated in Southern Sea Fishes.
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