Fish ID help - no pic sorry
Morning Everyone,
Got up for an early morning walk on Saturday waiting for the wife and in-laws to get down to the boat. Walking along beside the rocks at Mandurah Marina there were a number of leather jackets (nice sizes too) tooling idly past. Stopping to watch for a bit I noticed a flash of colour in closer, within the rocks.
Positioning myself a little better there were two fish in between the rocks.
For want of a better description they both had a shape like a mangrove jack / emporers, were blueish in colour, with black vertical stripes. Taking into account the magnification of the water they would have been around 20 cm long, if not a shade longer.
Yes, I had partaken of a couple of beers the night before..... but am pretty certain I wasn't seeing things.
Any assistance would be appreciated.
Rudog
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Blackie?
Maybe..
Leemo
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seen plenty of them while
seen plenty of them while snorkelling inside hillaries marina. not sure what they are but i think there a type of rock cod or somesuch? they dont take fish baits, and havnt had any intrest on sea cabbage or bread. theres a huge one maybe 60cm that hangs around my squid spot at mindarie and hes always there.
bludgin' since 94'
wacraig
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cheers guys. i will keep surfin the net to see if I can
come up with an ID of sorts.
tailor marc
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banded sweep
banded sweep
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H.S. Chan
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Wirra cod.
Wirra cod.
Leemo
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if its the same as im
if its the same as im thinking of, its not a banded sweep, but i have been wrong before. good luck in finding an I.D.
bludgin' since 94'
tailor marc
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Banded
Banded sweeps body doesnt look like a mangrove jack but here is a pic of banded sweep
http://www.mlssa.asn.au/photos/1069.jpg
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wacraig
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Definitely wasn't a banded sweep. the blue
was definitley there. I am going to get down there again early Saturday morning, take my camera this time and see if I can't fluke a shot (hahahah listen to me... like the fish is going to be in the same spot twice).
Leemo
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craig, does this fish by any
craig, does this fish by any chance have red lips?
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wacraig
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Leemo, from the angle I was on
I couldn't clearly see that. Mind you, I wasn't really looking at the lips. I was still working out that yes, it was blue.
Planning to spend Saturday Morning down there again on the hope that they are habitual...