[Strange fish caught of Kiama]

Or a Foxfish, saw one come in on the weekend.

[botany bay boat capsize]

The anchor rope broke and they ended up on the rocks at Voodoo.

No one was hurt but some personal things were lost. Wallets, car keys etc.

[Strange fish caught of Kiama]

Could it be either a Butterfly Perch or a Yellowfin Pigfish.

Or s really lost Barber Perch.

[Bream are back in town! Bulli delivers]

Top fish is a Bream and the bottom fish is a Tarwine

[Please id this fish]

If I had to have a punt I'd recon it was a Lethrinus genivittatus that HTUL suggested in another post.

http://www.fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.php?showtopic=63716.

I've caught a few Javelin fish and they are more Silver in colour.

But like Ray I'm happy to be wrong.

[Botany Bay this morning]

By the look of the photo, Longfin Pike.

http://australianmuseum.net.au/Longfin-Pike-Dinolestes-lewini/

Over 47cm's are certainly good size. They are edible but I would put a few fish in front of them in eating quality stakes.

Or SabreTooth Whiting.

[Is this a senator wrasse?]

More than happy to be wrong but I would call it a Senator Wrasse.

Here's a quote from the Australian Museum.

The Senator Wrasse changes colour and pattern with growth. Terminal phase males are usually green with a red to purple 'forked' stripe on the side of the body. Initial phase fish are usually reddish to brown with a row of diffuse black spots along the back and faint bars on the lower sides. Juveniles are light red-brown to greenish with pale spots.

[identifying this fish]

I believe your fish is a Maori Wrasse Ophthalmolepis lineolatus.

More elongated than a Crimson.

[What is this?]

Hi Sam, I've never noticed the colour difference between Male Female. I put that down to the country they're lying in.

Males have that big Dorsal Filament, on Adults anyway.

[What is this?]

Also it's a Male.

[Father & Son bonding session..]

Thats Cool.

Nice work mate.

[Identification Please]

Try a search on the site "Painted Grinner"

[tahwine]

Good fish Luderick59.

[is it dangerous today?]

There's a pulse coming through tomorrow and it will be VERY dangerous. Give it a miss.

I saw it today down around Bronte/Coogee,.... bad.

[What Species is This?]

Hi Sam Bros.

What i recon you have caught is a Eastern Striped Grunter Pelates sexlineatus, super common..

Pull them up and when you hold before releasing them they go grunt grunt grunt.

Don't grow very big unfortunatly.

[What Species is This?]

I'll take a guess and call it a Crescent Grunter.

Terapon jarbua

[Caught In Sydney Harbour]

Thanks B.B. for that.

Reading up about them and they say

South to Jervis Bay. Juviniles occur commonly in Sydney Harbour and Botany

According to Rudie H Kuiter.

[Dear Mr Scuba Diver (and friends) in training]

The water is there to share, but it goes both ways and shouldn't favour divers or fisherman. Problem is common sense and consideration almost never prevail. There's no accountability these days, people can be rude and inconsiderate and get away with it due to the anonymity of big city life. Some treat others with disrespect and contempt but are never pulled up about it because when they are they cry victim, then continue on treating others like crap knowing they're protected by current law and the fact they are relatively anonymous. People just have no sense of consequence for their actions because the fact is there are no consequences for treating people disgracefully. It's a plague on our society that doesn't seem to have any cure unfortunately.

Well said Abecedarian.

In all walks of life.

[Black/drummer/luderick fish?]

Here's a shot of their tails, had another shot of their heads but not sure where that went.

[Cubing for fin]

Bad luck wit the one that got away.

Could your mystery fish be a Opah, just a long shot.?

[Juvi Sawtail Surgeon ?]

Is that an edible fish? If so, is it nice?

Not bad, fillet and skin them though.

[Juvi Sawtail Surgeon ?]

Goodday Ray R, Bloody common names for fish

I have a mate who hates these "common names" as its still hard to ID. He likes the scientific names and this is a great example.

I call them Gold Spot Surgeons, you've found, Spotted Sawtail Surgeonfish and Fish Base calls them Yellowspotted Sawtail.

I'm quite certain they are Prionurus maculatus

Seen them at Winney Bay to.

[Juvi Sawtail Surgeon ?]

Gold Spot Surgeon.

Seen them Bigger than the Black ones.

Pretty fish.

[Help identify these fish]

I think #2 might be a Gracilis Wrasse

Cheers, Slinky

I'm always open to suggestions, but I don't think "Gracilis Wrasse"Slender Rainbow Wrasse have those Blue lines around their mouth.

But I could be wrong.

Thanks BF

[Help identify these fish]

1st~ Baby Silver Drummer

2nd~Maori Wrasse

3rd~Common Sweep