whiskey299 Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Caught in the Hawkesbury River on sabiki. doesn’t look like a silver biddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 whiskey299 Posted June 13, 2023 Author Share Posted June 13, 2023 Did some more searching, I think this is a southern herring https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2054 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 noelm Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Not a Silver Biddy, we just call them "Herring" I guess it was quite thin across the body (looking from the top) I could look up the real name if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 whiskey299 Posted June 13, 2023 Author Share Posted June 13, 2023 1 hour ago, noelm said: Not a Silver Biddy, we just call them "Herring" I guess it was quite thin across the body (looking from the top) I could look up the real name if you like. Yea I think you’re correct looks like this https://getfishing.com.au/speciesid/australian-herring/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Blackfish Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 My guess would be a Estuary Glassfish as opposed to a Port Jackson Glassfish that have a different dorsal which have come up on here before. The Australian Herring have marks on the side of their body and a black spot on the top and bottom tip of their tails. Always happy to be corrected though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 noelm Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) That's correct, but....we have always just called them Herring, you don't catch that many of them, so they were always just lumped under "Herring" (to me) the fish we call a "Glassy" is much more cylindrical in shape, that one appears to be kind of flat sided. I might look it up later, just for kicks. Edited June 13, 2023 by noelm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 whiskey299 Posted June 13, 2023 Author Share Posted June 13, 2023 3 hours ago, Blackfish said: My guess would be a Estuary Glassfish as opposed to a Port Jackson Glassfish that have a different dorsal which have come up on here before. The Australian Herring have marks on the side of their body and a black spot on the top and bottom tip of their tails. Always happy to be corrected though. Here’s another photo which might show the black tips better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 noelm Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Yep, that's him/her...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Blackfish Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 That’s the one Whiskey. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Caught in the Hawkesbury River on sabiki. doesn’t look like a silver biddy.
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