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odes20
13-10-2012, 08:31 AM
Caught this in 65 metres of cairns Weds night. I think its a Yellow Lipped Emporer but it is very orange. Anyone caught some of these.

A mate told me the spear fishos call them Buffalo Bream (dont know why that name) and that they are highly prized as a table fish. Im about to find out, as the fillets look beaut.

Thanks85043
Bladeca
13-10-2012, 08:59 AM
Looking at the fish guide on DPI I'm thinking Mozambique large-eye bream. Your fish is a bit brighter in colour but the description seems to match and so does the shape of the head. . Heres the link http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/28_8959.htm

Cheers
Glenn
gruntahunta
13-10-2012, 09:57 AM
Looking at the fish guide on DPI I'm thinking Mozambique large-eye bream. Your fish is a bit brighter in colour but the description seems to match and so does the shape of the head. . Heres the link http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/28_8959.htm

Cheers
Glenn


Geez Glen....comparing the 2 pictures, there is no way I would say it is a Big Eyed Bream....there is also no dark patch on the pectoral fin...and the sail fin looks a bit different as well...aand the eyes are smaller....

You could well be right but if I saw & read the description of the Bream, I would not even consider it to be that.
odes20
13-10-2012, 10:03 AM
Sorry Glenn but not that species in my view.
Looking at the fish guide on DPI I'm thinking Mozambique large-eye bream. Your fish is a bit brighter in colour but the description seems to match and so does the shape of the head. . Heres the link http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/28_8959.htm

Cheers
Glenn
Si
13-10-2012, 04:28 PM
my guess is a Orange-spotted emperor, Lethrinus erythracanthus? Its caudal fin is too blunt for a yellow lip i would have thought but could be wrong.
Triple
13-10-2012, 04:37 PM
In 3, 2, 1...
odes20
13-10-2012, 09:56 PM
this link sorts it out I think, found this trolling the net today...

http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip-2237266-stock-footage-yellowfin-emperor-lethrinus-erythracanthus-hovering-underwater-in-australia.html
warti
14-10-2012, 08:18 AM
I speared one on a cairns charter and they called it a buffalo emporer. It is a very pretty fish in the day light.
odes20
14-10-2012, 12:18 PM
I speared one on a cairns charter and they called it a buffalo emporer. It is a very pretty fish in the day light.

Yes as I said in the thread starter divers i know called it that name. Im gonna eat it tonite :)