waddya reckon these are?

[Owen]

Went for a bush walk at Airlie beach the other day and spotted these tailing near the shore.
I thought they were mullet at the time, but I couldn't really see in the glare.
Just looked at the photos and I don't know. Stripes maybe like a mack??

[Scott nthQld]

Dunno mate, hard to tell with that pic. How big were they? and how far out (water depth?). My best guess would either be Milk fish or Permit on the flats

[Owen]

They would have been 30, maybe 40cm max. About 20ft off shore in maybe 4-5 feet of water.
The three of the stuck together for quite a while. Pushed up a fair bow wave at times.

[mouse71]

very hard to tell, i'm guessing, maybe 'cuda's, because of the stripes
then again could be mack's

[Spin]

the ones that got away

[killitfillit]

diamond scale mullet

[Sergio_kutz]

I'd agree with killitfillet, looks a lot like a diamond scale mullet, especially with the shape of the closest ones head

[Moffy]

Yep definitely Diamond Scale Mullet for mine - can see the scale pattern and the black fins and yellow tail pretty clearly.

Moffy

[2DKnBJ]

Look alot like the mullet i used to see around Magnetic Island when i was younger.

Cheers Dazza

[Fish_gutz]

Diamond scale Mullet

[supertinny]

diamond scale mullet

http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv136/seaweed34/IMG081-01.jpg

[mitch92]

As above - Diamond scale mullet.....I think

[004dam]

Everyone has a good eye I can't distinguish colors on there tail at all.

[trueblue]

definitely diamond scale mullet, its quite common to see 2 or 3 of them swimming like that very close to shore in that area

[marto78]

I reckon they're deep sea racing mullet you can distinguish them by their racing stripes down their sides :P

[wirlybird]

ha i use to clean the hulls in the marina at able point and saw one of the diamond scale mullet chomp fair into a nard they will eat anything.

i wasn't to impressed with the person pumping there head at the time though.

[cuzzamundi]

Is it just me or is there a much bigger predator on the far left of the photo in line with the three diamondscales???? Looks like it has stripes like a wahoo or cuda. Dunno, might just be the reflection from the photo.

Cuzza

[GBC]

Def another on the left of pic. Prolly another mullet? If not I'd go squid/cuttle.

[Chamelion]

Definitely diamond scale mullet.