yet another fish ID please

[catfishkid]

Caught this of the rocks at south ngala rocks on fraser using a worm for bait.It looks like a grunter with fat lips and makeup on its cheeks;D.
it was about 30cm long,we didnt actually measure it,just took some pics and let it go.
It put up a good fight on light line.


Cheers Craig

[justjack]

its a painted morwong mate one of the better eating of the family nice fish ;D

[Scott nthQld]

yep close relation to the slatey, these are the fish that you often see in ads for the GBR, the yellow and black mottled ones

[Kendall249]

Yeah a painted Morwong, still a mother in law fish

[SunnyCoastMark]

UNbelievable:o

That is what I caught and was asking about an ID for. Execpt mine was 50 cm :P ;D

It is actually known as a "Blackfin Slatey" from the sweetlip family. Here is the link:-

http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/dpi/hs.xsl/28_8866_ENA_HTML.htm

What are the chances??.......

Mark

[catfishkid]

Thanks guys,we had quite a few guys who could not identify it up there.I knew I would get a quick ID here;).

Cheers Craig

[sleepygreg]

Glad ya let it go Craig. Too many people catch and kill fish they cant identify, some even try eating them without knowing what they are. Now ya know for sure and can do what you will with the next one.
Cheers
Greg

[sharkymark2]

They are good eating if you steam them. If you cook them to death they are poor. But cooked correctly beautiful........

[darbwah]

looks like a gold spot blubberlips