Bream And Tarwine(Sp)

[dat111]

hey everybody,

whats this diffrence betweena tarwine and a bream?

as my cousin said it was a tarwine and i said it was a bream it measured 36cm (sorry no pics)

[Luke K]

Hey there,

the best way to tell the difference between a tarwhine and a bream is the shape and lateral lines on the fish. A tarwhine has very distinctive lateral lines and has a very round shape. The fish a the top of the first pic is the tarwhine, the rest are bream. And the fish I am holding is also a tarwhine. They can grow quite big. This one was over a kilo and measured 42cm.

Hope this helps you

cheers

Luke

[gummybusta]

hey everybody,

whats this diffrence betweena tarwine and a bream?

as my cousin said it was a tarwine and i said it was a bream it measured 36cm (sorry no pics)

Tarwhine (Rhabdosargus sarba)

are alot more rounded than a normal bream with a rounded snout they also have 11-12 rays to the anal fin compaired to just 9 or less on a bream

they have also got a very distintive stripes running down there sides head-to-tail

[slinkymalinky]

If you kept and cleaned the fish, the dead giveaway is that Tarwhine have a black lining in their gut cavity. Bream don't.

Cheers, Slinky

[THE SWEENEY]

Hi all ,bream have 4 rows of scales above the lateral line whereas tarwine have 6 or seven rows of scales ,if you are unsure use the 25cm size limit, remember there is a $300 fine for undersize fish,hope this helps.Cheers Laurie.

[Trapper Tom]

Hey Slinky

Spot on with the black gut lining!

Luke suggest you check the records sect for tarwine.

42 is a massive fish.

Cheers

TRapper Tom