Gribble Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Caught this on a recent Houseboat Trip in the hawkesbury while targeting Yellowtail for liveys in Little Jerusalem Bay, Cowan. He is about the 20cm mark, didnt put up much of a fight and due do not knowing wtf he was didnt find out if he was tasty or not. So all you hobby marine biologists, wtf? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Black Bandit Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 A red bigeye. Quite common in the deeper parts of estuaries and in coastal waters. Aust Museum will probably have a piccy and the associated species name. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Blackfish Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 (edited) Came up recently, same fish. http://www.fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.php?showtopic=54276&st=0&p=391983&hl=bigeye&fromsearch=1entry391983 Bad photo of the critter but I reckon this is the one. http://australianmuseum.net.au/image/Spotted-Bigeye-Priacanthus-macracanthus/ Edited March 11, 2011 by Blackfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Caught this on a recent Houseboat Trip in the hawkesbury while targeting Yellowtail for liveys in Little Jerusalem Bay, Cowan.
He is about the 20cm mark, didnt put up much of a fight and due do not knowing wtf he was didnt find out if he was tasty or not.
So all you hobby marine biologists, wtf?
Cheers.
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