Was caught under the canning bridge, had some people say perch or grunter, would like a bigger opinion.

Cheers

-Nevermind, did like 4 hours of browsing and found it to be a yellow tailed grunter-

Couple of fish caught on our last trip to Ningaloo.  Would love to know what they all are..

Cheers Belly

ID on this please.

Hey guys there was a bit of a dispute about what type of mack the on on the left hand side is. this is from the glynn dromney spearfishing competetion where the guy (phil) in the photo and his parenter won :). they also shot a 20kg spanish, a 8kg dhuie, a biggg breaksea, a big skippy a  sambo and a baldy that won them the comp.

On the day the left mack ended up being called a grey mack and was not weighed in. we know the one on the right is a shark mack. is the one on the left a broadbarred spannish mack? or any other ideas?

Mrs got this bream fishin around guildford today, what is it, shit pic I know but the pattern/spot on the tail is symmetrical, some sort of perch? 

My mate caught this last weekend near two rocks and initially we thought it was a queen snapper but I got home and googled it and now Im not so sure not enough blue around the face and top of its body..

Caught locally in only a few metres

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Hey Guys, caught this little fella on the the Monday public holiday near Lancelin,

Is this a Diamond Trevalley ?

Gave a good account of itself as well for a small fish !

Would also be amazing to see this fish while diving.

a few years back i was fishing just south of north mole next to the little boat shed and i remeber pulling in the blob thing it had slimey dark brown skin with non shark little spikes it also had a really small head with 2 little eyes and i remeber it squirting all the purple stuff all over the place anyone ever caught one?

Another fish not in my book

caught these 2 on the same line, take it there mates but what are they

First time out at the North Mole a couple of days ago and had a few striped trumpeter - was a just a bit of fun with the old man.

What's this other one? Blowfish?

Thanks for your help!

Ben

I saw it while snorkeling at Cottesloe, it's about meter long:

 Hey Everyone. 

Been Catching alot of catfish on the goldcoast lately, just wondering what kinds of catfish are up this way?
I've caught a fair few different types but can't find any info.. i even looked on the qld fisheriers site and theres nothing on them.
I know they are very annoying and aren't very liked but i would just like to know a bit more about them and if we are supposed to throw them all back or are they protected ???? Please help :)

Hey everyone,

I've been fishing around the perth area for a few years now and I've been catching some nice fish and also some wierd looking ones, i've sat for hours in book stores getting a sore ass from the hard floors looking for the fish i've been catching, some of them are in some book but not all, is there a book that anyone knows of thats good for id of fish on the west coast?????

Cheers

Caught this little fella down at Golden Bay last night...would I be correct in assuming it is a juvenile threadfin salmon??

Catching these off Palm Beach Jetty in Rockingham. Some guys are calling them Western Fortescues- nothing like the wreckapedia version of that, one fella off a prawn trawler called it a bull rout...

One thing we all know is the spikes are packing a venom- stings and burns like hell for hours. Anyone who gets spiked lets everyone else know all about it. I copped a tiny pinprick and my whole hand had a kind of burning and numb feeling for hours around the tiny red spot. Every time one comes up everyone sings out "don't touch those!!"

Locals of 15-50 years say they have never seen this fish around here until lately, right now apparently they are more caught than trumpeters and butterfish. About 8-15cm, one theory is some ship may have emptied its ballast out in the sound and introduced them, any thoughts?

Hanging around 2-5 metres down with scaly mackerel around jetty pylons. (Sorry about the sun reflection from the camera phone)

Any heelp to ID this?

Hi everyone,

I have been a private member of Fishwrecked since 2010 (under another name).  However, I am also  the Curator of Fishes at the WA Museum.  So, with Adam's support, I have set up a new user account so I can post comments representing the Museum.  I’m sure most of you understand that the State Government has strict rules on what can and can’t be said by public servants.  I'll save my other account for my anonymous personal fishing discussion (yes, I am a fisho too!).

So what does the Museum do?

The core function of the museum is as the taxonomic experts for the state's fauna.  Put simply, we know (or at least can figure out) what every species is.  That is, put names on things, provide IDs – this core function of the museum is something that I suspect many (most?) anglers don’t know about.  We get sent many photos, specimens etc for help with ID - from fishos, beachcombers, divers, biologists and other government agencies.  Many of you probably use Hutchins' Southern Sea Fishes book or Allen's Tropical Marine Fishes book.  Barry Hutchins and Gerry Allen were (and still are) colleagues of mine and previous Curators at the Museum (now retired).  I might add that these are the BEST books for WA.

Of course, the museum doesn't just do fish (although they are the most important, right? ) - all the other groups of animals are covered too, both terrestrial and aquatic.

We don't just do identifications and 'names'.  Our research includes evolutionary questions and relationships between species, biodiversity and biogeography (what lives where), ecology, genetics and more!

Why am I here?

Firstly, I think FW is great and I get a lot out of it, so I want to be able to contribute.  I’d like to be able to provide an ID with some authority, so people can feel like they have an expert opinion.  I should add here that more often than not, the IDs that everyone provides here are correct and that I think Fishwreckapedia is a fantastic resource.  However, I also have access to a database of records that no-one else has, a library of fish books to make you drool, and a collection of some 180,000 specimens of fishes from some 5000 species.  The problem with field guides is that they are incomplete, so the reasources I have fill in the rest.  Here, I should also add, that not all photos can be IDd (for many you really need to have the specimen in hand to be 100% sure).  Oh, and I do get it wrong sometimes.

I'm also hoping to engage the wider community in our science and educate them in marine science, so I can perhaps comment about general marine science matters etc, but also I could give snippets of what we are doing, exciting discoveries, brag about fieldwork in exotic locations etc.  I will not comment on political/management/ethical discussions....

 Finally, I get something else.  I get information from you!  I already scour the forums and pick up interesting records, range extensions, etc.  So there is also a chance for people to get involved by reporting range extensions etc, or for you to provide us with interesting/important specimens that you catch.

I'd thought I'd add a photo of one of the aisles in our collection.  These are not part of the public exhibitions.

 Hi all,

im just after an id for this little fish??

caught it out from ocean reef  this morning.

cheers james

hey guys,

saw this thing on the fillet table in exmouth over new years..some guys in a hire boat caught it off bundegi, had everyone at the table stumped on what it was and why you would keep it

Hey Guys and Girls, First time poster, long time reader.

I caught this crab yesterday while crabbing around Blackwall, 13m of water.

As far as i can tell its a Coral Crab (Charybdis cruciata)

Am i right? Has anyone else caught one of these??

Hi Guys,

I'm new to fishwrecked so I thought I would kick things off with a WTF are these. I'm from Perth and I'm normally aware of fish identification but these little critters I got recently in Bremer Bay have me stumped mainly because I have not caught them before. All were realeased naturally. We went to Bremer Bay/Cheynes in the hope of maybe a salmon or a large landbased fish (queenie, groper, sambo). However we ended up with a mixed bag which included; 2 bronze whalers(sized and kept), Skippy,Herring, Sweep, Eels, Buffalo Bream, Squid, Whiting, Wrasse galore and, even a bullseye and more to the point not 1 blowie!! The shark captures along with 4 wheel driving was more then enough too justify the long trip and I will get my Salmon in a few months.

I know these are nothing special and possibly some peoples cray bait but I am just curious as to what they are. Thanks in advance.

 Caught this last week and measured 54cm. Was convinced that it was a King George and now after a question from old man about the darker "patches" on it I am unsure. 

went 35 cm from the swan river near freo

Caught this little fella today ?

No idea.

Massive mouth and teeth

Max

My moneys on a lil alby, whats the fishwrecked brains trust have to say?

I did not personally catch it but it was caught at North Mole this arvo.

Can anyone identify this fish it was caught in Central Queensland

Friend caught this off a reef up at two rocks....no idea what it is so obviously went back.

Is it some sort of cod ????

Hey crew caught this lovely looking fella only about an hour and a half from perth is this a baby spangled emperor(north west snapper) or a sweetlip. I have never seen a snapper of this kind so far south before.

Any suggestions?