Guest Guest123456789 Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Please help identify Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rickmarlin62 Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 maybe juvenile spangled emporer ?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Guest123456789 Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 (edited) Could be or maybe a blue spotted emperor. Bizarre considering caught off the rocks central coast on a small piece of pilchard. Put up a good fight. Went back unharmed. Edited July 17, 2016 by Guest123456789 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 NaClH2OK9 Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 I'm inclined to agree with Juvenile Spangled Emperor Lethrinus nebulosusNice work Rickmarlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Crossfire63 Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Juvenile spangled emperor. Not that unusual. Seen the adult of the species caught as far south as Narooma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Guest123456789 Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rickmarlin62 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 I have speared quite a few at moon island Swansea..nice eating when big enough..rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 dirvin21 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 I would be more inclined to think "grassy sweetlip" Lethrinus laticaudis the blue markings between the eyes and catch location Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 NaClH2OK9 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 I thought that a bit dirvin but the overall fin shapes and lack of blue in the scales made me go with spangled. Sent from my SM-G920I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wayne Benfield Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Blue lined/grassy sweetlip! Use to get them inshore off coastal reefs in southern, central and north queensland... Piggies (variegated) have a longer snout and are whiter on the underside... Spanglies have a broader top lip and blue scores down their cheek as juveniles and are generally lighter in colour (yellowy), red throat (lipper) have exactly that.. a red throat and an elongated snout... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Blackfish Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 (edited) Where was the catch location, generally speaking. Edited July 19, 2016 by Blackfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Guest123456789 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 (edited) Rock platform central coast in about 6 metres of water. Sandy bottom with some rocks and weed. Edited July 19, 2016 by Guest123456789 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Blackfish Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 If I had to have a guess I would say Juvenile Spangled Emperor to, face is very pale and starting to develop the Blue spots on the flank. Plus far more common down that next of the woods than a Grassy. Still happy to be wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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