What's This Fish?

[hawksburydave]

caught up at forster near the bridge

[Dreamtime]

Zebrafish

Girella zebra (Richardson, 1846)

This fish has a long based dorsal fin and a large forked caudal fin. It has a small mouth. The maxillae of the upper jaw are concealed behind the preorbital bones. The jaws have a distinct outer row of flattened tricuspid teeth behind which is a band of smaller teeth.

This species grows to 51 cm in length.

It is a schooling species that is usually found on rocky reefs in shallow coastal waters down to 20 m in depth. It is sometimes seen in protected offshore waters and estuaries.

The Zebrafish is endemic to Australia. It is known from northern New South Wales, around the south of the country, including north-eastern Tasmania, to the central coast of Western Australia.

Edited December 22, 2008 by Mariner 31

[hawksburydave]

Zebrafish

Girella zebra (Richardson, 1846)

This fish has a long based dorsal fin and a large forked caudal fin. It has a small mouth. The maxillae of the upper jaw are concealed behind the preorbital bones. The jaws have a distinct outer row of flattened tricuspid teeth behind which is a band of smaller teeth.

This species grows to 51 cm in length.

It is a schooling species that is usually found on rocky reefs in shallow coastal waters down to 20 m in depth. It is sometimes seen in protected offshore waters and estuaries.

The Zebrafish is endemic to Australia. It is known from northern New South Wales, around the south of the country, including north-eastern Tasmania, to the central coast of Western Australia.

i dunno? look at the tail its different

[Dreamtime]

i dunno? look at the tail its different

This fish has a long based dorsal fin and a large forked caudal fin.

[hawksburydave]

okay, thanks for identifying it, your a champion

[one fishes]

Hmmm don't know either, count the stripes they don't change.

[Blackfish]

I'm with Eddie_7, ya should smile

http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfact...sh/lrhacina.htm

Edited December 23, 2008 by Blackfish

[taloyoak]

Hmmm interesting debate?.

http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/abengal.htm

may be this one, but whatever the case, interesting and unusual catch.

[Blackfish]

I'm with Eddie_7, ya should smile

http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfact...sh/lrhacina.htm

Now how did I do that

Thats what I meant to link there Nanook ........ Thanks mate.

Edited December 23, 2008 by Blackfish

[hawksburydave]

Haha.

the bad face was a joke between me and my younger sibling & step sibling to represent my disappointment with the day's fishing results.

The whole day was shocking weather, sunny then storming.

Inbetween the boats tied up there are many mullet, tidlers, bream and other interesting fish

Under the forster - tuncurry bridge there are some good bites, my uncle says inbetween two islands next to the bridge near the prawning or oyster place there are good flatties. Some in his logbook were quite large

On the way to iga or bi lo i can't remember which one it is, we drove past a guy with a really big fight on his hands, but were stuck in traffic and couldn't stop and have a gander.

can't wait to return there hopefully with a boat and land some flatties (hopefully)