Fish Identification
Coral Bay July 25
Submitted by Ericl on Fri, 2025-07-18 14:13Hi
ID Please. Caught by my Grandson today in 100 metres off Coral Bay
Thanks
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Wrasse id
Submitted by Troyboy on Thu, 2025-06-05 14:59Got this one near coral bay is it what I think it might be? I know there's quite a few species of wrasse but this one looks pretty awesome (Was released asap healthy)
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Mackerel ID
Submitted by Mick C on Thu, 2025-02-06 15:42Have received a few conflicting opinions about what species this is. Any comments welcome.
Caught in 6m of water just out of Hillarys. It was released as we had our demersal bag, and plenty of whiting (sand & KG).
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Some type of wrasse?
Submitted by tcarroll on Sun, 2024-12-15 13:23Around 45cm...... in Exmouth
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Swan River by catch - 6cm fish id
Submitted by Gezzza on Sat, 2024-06-08 13:30Found this in the prawn net when cleaning up today.
Must have been in some weed.
They are spines on each side of the mouth.
The skin has slime like a Red Scorpion Cod
Im thinking it might be in this Family of Fishes.
Common name: Family TETRAROGIDAE - Fortesques, Sailback Scorpionfishes, Wasp Fishes
https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/family/263
I have it frozen in a block of river water if it is of any interest to Glenn at WA Museum.
We got another 6 tonight but they all went back and they were all on clumps of weed on a run out tide.
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Gar fish?
Submitted by tcarroll on Wed, 2023-08-23 08:58Was over on the west side (Exmouth) swimming with the family the other day and an old couple next to us were slaying what looked like gar fish, but from a distance the fish looked to have black bars/splodges on their side. Anybody know what type of gars these are? Went through the Fish ID page but couldn't find them.
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Fish ID
Submitted by collin g wood on Mon, 2023-08-07 21:34A friend sent me this pic asking for an id, caught up near barrow island.
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Between Denham & Dirk Hartog..
Submitted by RobMeridian on Wed, 2023-04-26 15:51Barbels, square jaw, blueish on top..
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Between Denham & Dirk Hartog..
Submitted by RobMeridian on Wed, 2023-04-26 15:51Barbels, square jaw, blueish on top..
ID Cod
Submitted by trueblue_10 on Thu, 2022-04-07 19:48Need help ID'ing this cod. Caught in exmouth in-shore reefs
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Crab id
Submitted by Anytime Brad on Wed, 2022-03-16 07:33Caught in the river
Not sure of type of crab.
Have heard of Asian paddle crabs but not sure on this one.
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Deep drop fish id
Submitted by BigbadDhu on Wed, 2021-09-22 13:32G'day guys
Went deep dropping yesterday afternoon/night ended up with some greyband and nanny's, nothing to write home about
But caught this little fella, hadn't seen one before and not sure what he is. About 25cm long, came up from 280m.
He was buggered from the depth. Interested to know what he is.
Cheers
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Fish ID
Submitted by Pob on Fri, 2021-02-05 17:52Caught by a mate deep dropping off Exmouth, any body have an idea?
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ID x 2
Submitted by sonoftherock on Thu, 2021-01-14 21:20Both Caught off the beach at Anvil near Denmark. Both were released to fight another day... just interested what they are!
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Fish ID please
Submitted by Cruise Control on Tue, 2020-07-28 13:56Caught at Coral Bay
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Fish Id please
Submitted by still trying on Mon, 2020-07-20 13:09Hi guys caught this fish on Sunday night between Garden and Carnac Island while chasing snapper was released straight after photo. No snapper again got the usual run right on sunset but no hook up, becoming a repetitive occurance. Plenty of squid attacking my baits brought home afew could have taken heaps.
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Boat transport Perth to Brisbane
Submitted by Clint21 on Sun, 2020-07-12 14:57Hi all, just after any recommendations to get my 7.6m plate boat from Perth to Brisbane, it's not on a trailer
cheers Clint
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Greyband vs Eight Bar cod, Ningaloo region.
Submitted by ranmar850 on Fri, 2020-07-03 08:42re the topic this came from, where you said you were interested in the greyband----Has the interest come about after Jarrad Oxley of YBS fame submitted the tissue sample and otoliths from the one they caught in the video? I caught one last year north of Winderabandi point on Ningaloo station from 280m that bottomed 23kg scales. I laughed when they did the cook'n'catch segment...wait for it..." a bit chewy". just as ours was, but not wasted, curries, etc. I have been in a debate with a gentleman of Queensland origin who reckons the 8-bar and the greybar are one and the same fish, just showing bars under stress. I have caught both , I don't agree with him. This is an 8 bar I caught this year, largest of several, bottoming 23kg scales.
# came up at once, other two were smaller, all showed bars. Bars are clearly visible , even after death. Dorsal spine count is 11, spines on pre-operculum may differ to what was called a geyband last year, aka the Dad-Bod Cod . Below is my Greyband from last year--only bars you can see are shadowns form the rocket launcher.
Another smaller greyband from this year. No barring shown at any stage
To finish it off, what is this bloke? Blunt-headed cod, according to the old Hutchins/Swainston book on the North west? Distinctive orange colouration under the chin/gill area, distinctive yellow patch either side of the mouth. came from 140m.
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Fish ID please
Submitted by spinfaster on Mon, 2020-05-25 11:27Caught and released near Broome.
Closest guess I've found is a Darktail Snapper?
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Fish ID
Submitted by Lost at sea on Mon, 2020-04-20 14:06Fish id pls. Some kind of morwong?
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Unsure of species
Submitted by Seddons on Sun, 2020-04-12 22:42Hi all, I got this fish at turtle bay, on Dirk Hartog Island. Could anyone help me to identify this fish. I can't work it out.... thanks in advance!
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Wrasse?
Submitted by Striker101 on Sun, 2020-03-22 19:47Hi everyone just wanted to confirm these fish are wrasse ?
Caught them near garden island not to far from the herring bay entrance markers... Released them back as I hear they are just average/poor eating. and wasn't 100% sure they were wrasse. I can't seem to catch anything in the sound apart from butterfish , trumpeter, wrasse. And undersized pink snapper that have to be released. I'm just using occy for bait sometimes Mullies but they just normally get picked of the hook! Maybe I'm fishing to shallow ? When I pick a spot deeper I don't get any bites. Hopefully my day will come when I can have a display picture as a big catch instead of a nice sunset. Oh and the smaller fish in the picture. It looks like a butterfish or trumpeter but it's more like a spotted pattern instead of straight lines down its hole body hmmm
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ID please, caught of Cottesloe
Submitted by elrickooo on Tue, 2020-02-04 21:55Sorry for the poor quality pictures
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Fish I’d please
Submitted by daemo78 on Wed, 2019-12-04 18:43I caught this at Tim's Thickett, thought is was a blue spot flathead hatchling but not sure.... anyone know?
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ID and caption please
Submitted by ricey on Sat, 2019-09-21 18:02Please help to identify this
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ID help
Submitted by Calzone on Fri, 2019-09-20 18:27Hi,
Anyone know what these 2 fish are. Caught in a creek near Onslow. I think the top one is a small Jack. Cheers
edit: bottom one
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Cod identification
Submitted by hBen on Sat, 2019-07-20 15:19Hey all,
I was fishing for breaksea cod off the rocks down south and ran into two of these cods. It came in at 45cm and I was wondering if anyone could tell me what it was. Ps sorry for the crappy photos the priority was to get it back in the water.
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Interesting catch on the weekend
Submitted by Cowboy on Tue, 2019-06-04 13:21Caught this little bloke south of Rotto on Sunday. Any ideas?
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Swan river crab id please
Submitted by Bradley981 on Mon, 2019-05-27 00:26Caught this large crab in the swan river. Haven't seen anything like it before. Very large and much bigger than blue swimmers. Does anyone know what it is thanks
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What fish is this?
Submitted by clayd on Mon, 2019-05-13 21:12Back in Perth a few weeks after spending Easter in Exmouth with the family. Came across a fish I haven’t been able to ID. You’ll see it around 2:33 in the video. youtu.be/xZmkMhJCGQ4
Thought something related to Long Tom, but the tail is really long and thin. They were approx 40-60cm long. Thinking they must be pretty common as they were in a school and I spotted a few loners elsewhere a couple times. Was also interesting how they just pointed into the current.
Help me out, because this is driving me crazy.
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