Fish ID
Submitted by striker on Fri, 2025-06-13 17:44
320 m Exmouth
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Alan James
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1st and 3rd pics
Southern Ray's Bream
striker
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Yeh
Got that one but the other has stumped me a bit
sadly soft and full of small bones
Came out of rubies as well
Alan James
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2nd one
Silver Eye, Polymixia Japonica
striker
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Thanks Alan
Nothing comes up when I search that?
striker
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Closer to this
Polymixia nobililis
Alan James
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I suspect we both may be incorrect
The species Polymixia japonica was amongst a deep-water fish ID guide I have for the western Pacific. Many of the species in this guide are found in WA including ruby snapper, flame snapper, eight bar cod, comet grouper, radiant cod and many others. I have since however referred to the Atlas of Living Australia https://www.ala.org.au/
There appear to be four species of Polymixia known to be in WA waters. These include:
It is likely the fish you caught was one of the above.
Mark_M
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beardfish
Nice research Alan.
Im going Busakhin's, as it has the same triangular point shape at the front of the pupil, as the one caught off Rottnest in 2020.
Longispina doesn't have the barbells.
striker
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Thanks Alan
Really appreciate the follow up
Alan James
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To throw the cat amongst the
To throw the cat amongst the pigeons I am no longer convinced the fish in pics 1 and 3 are in fact Southern Ray's Bream. The tail shape doesn't look right nor does the waist size of the tail. My guess is that the fish is a Brilliant Pomfret. The pic within the Atlas of Living Australia is not a good pic but this is better.
https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2364