ID please. "Scad"

[Scratchie]

So the top one is a slimie. 
The bottom a yakka 

The middle???? 

Mackeral scad??? 

 

[Blackfish]

@Scratchie

I asked the people who have far more knowledge than I and without a Fin/ Ray count ETC are calling it either a Slender Scad or a Mackerel Scad.

So we will call it a "Scad"

[Blackfish]

Hi @Scratchie my guess would be "Common Jack Mackerel" Trachurus declivis 

Not possible to see but they have a different dorsal fin and they are more Cylindrical like that one seems to be.

Edited April 9, 2021 by Blackfish

[rickmarlin62]

Hybrids  seen a few like it

[Scratchie]

11 hours ago, motiondave said:

put them on a hook and see what takes them

 

💯 

[Blackfish]

I take back my guess of a Jack Mackerel as they have a different Lateral line ...... Dohhh

[Blackfish]

@Scratchie I recon its a Slender Scad  "Decapterus macrosoma"

https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1657

[GoingFishing]

On 4/10/2021 at 5:41 PM, Blackfish said:

@Scratchie I recon its a Slender Scad  "Decapterus macrosoma"

https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1657

i dont know what fish it is but it certainly has more similarities with the yakka than it does with the slimey

[Yowie]

Have caught them before in Port Hacking, not many, but over many years pulled up the occasional few.

There are yakka scutes from the tail, not as big or as sharp, and they do not extend as far as those on a yakka.

Not the brown back colour of a yakka, but more of a green colour of a slimie.

Whatever they are, they make great fillet baits.