No Fin At Browns, But Blue Eye Yes

[Gamerod]

WELL DONE NICE BLUE EYE. SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A CARPARK ON SUNDAY, CAN YOU KEEP ME A SPOT.

CHEERS WINCH.

[Flattieman]

Can't help with the fish ID's but the red one looks like a Ocean Perch.

Greg! That red fish looks like an ocean perch to me. Great blue-eye, whitecaps!

Flattieman.

[Blackfish]

Cracker of a Blue Eye, great catch there.

Here's a photo of a Ocean Pearch

Sure looks like one, though not sure of the other.

B.F.

[Markwi]

CFD and myself reckon the other fish is a Richardsons Boarfish, check out Amonline.

[Blackfish]

Could be

B.F.

[Flattieman]

Could be

B.F.

Looks pretty similar to me! Here's another pic from fishbase:

Flattieman.

Edited May 19, 2007 by Flattieman

[Markwi]

Chris, havent tried that one yet as I have a little bit of blue to get through but the fillet looks very nice.

[Sammy0884]

Guys!

i am almost 100% certain that it is actually a 'Bass Groper'... pic from fish base

note the position of the eyes on the head... $39/kilo at the markets!

Edited May 19, 2007 by Sammy0884

[Blackfish]

Hi Sammy, not sure if they are the same.

What I did was save both to my desk top,open them and have them side by side to compare.

Look at the Pec fins,tail and dorsal.

Regards B.F.

[Flattieman]

Look at the Pec fins,tail and dorsal.

Especially the caudal fin - the fish that Mark caught featured a truncate or emarginate caudal fin, whereas the bass groper has a clearly rounded caudal fin. Also, the radials in the pectoral fin of the fish that Mark caught decrease in length from the uppermost edge downwards, whereas the pectoral radials of the bass groper increase then decrease in length to support a more rounded pectoral fin structure, as opposed to the more filamentous pectoral fins of Mark's fish.

Flattieman.