Razza137

although sharks don't usually inhabit rock pools...

ive found when you use the eye socket they stay alive for hours, just don't poke them in the eye, lol

i think you might be right, all the pictures on the net ive seen look the same, it has to be a groper

ok, when i was up in cairns last year, i was fishing off a pier at a river, it was probably 3 metres to the water from where i took this photo, the head of this fish is at least half a metre wide n the fish was about 1.5 to 2 metres long, my guess is a cod or barramundi, not really sure, just wanted to know if anyone has any better ideas, not the best picture, but zooming in on mobile phones doesn't work well

yea that's a lot closer to what i caught just the wrong colour, maybe mine was half chameleon or something, when it came out of the water it was black, in the bucket it was yellow with black spots and when we got it home it was all black again

the only thing that gets me is this was over 40cm and the colours weren't a slight variation of the spinefoot, it was totally different.... we were fishing for blackies though

we had one of these wirrah things in the bucket with it and it was the same colour but before i put it in the bucket and when i pulled it out of the water it was all black

hmmm...id definitely have to say it's some sort of spinefoot, i just can't seem to find a picture of the (Siganus nebulosus) if that can turn black and then yellow with black spots im pretty sure that would be it

the tail was like the pic above

ok, stupid me forgot to take a picture but ill describe it as best i can, hope someone can help i caught it off the rocks at maroubra it was about 40cm long, all black when i pulled it out of the water but after it was in the bucket for awhile it turned yellow with small black spots all over, it had a tiny mouth, probably 2cm, no scales- was slimy, shaped like a trevally but it had spikes down it's back like a bream the fish i caught looks like this spinefoot same shape and features i think, only problem is that mine was larger and the wrong colour, according to fishbase they only grow to 28cm so it can't be unless there's a bigger version??