Fish ID please

[HarryClyne]

Hey guys just wanting to know what I've got here not having much luck looking on the websites on my mobile, cheers!

[Captain Seaweed]

Tilapia IMHO

[Captain Seaweed]

Although these have a folked tail...but I am guessing at Tilapia.....have been wrong once before, and then I realised I was right so....

[HarryClyne]

Here's a better pic of the top two -

And the other one -

[Si]

It's a Southern Silver Drummer, Kyphosus sydneyanus. Did you spear them?

[HarryClyne]

Yeah mate speared them have you any idea what the bottom fish is?

[Triple]

In 3.2.1...

[netmaker]

no offence mate, but you really shouldn't be spearing fish you can't identify in case they turn out to be a no take species or an undersize fish. i imagine speared fish wouldn't generally release too well. how about shooting those you dont recognise with a camera instead and going back for them with the spear the next time?

[Triple]

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[HarryClyne]

Yeah fair call I understand how it may look, however the two silver drummer I thought were luderick as I was diving down, was low vis in the surf and from above I couldn't see a difference - they were schooling up pretty thick and my shot went through the spine of the first one and snagged the stomach of the second. The other fish I thought was a little perch - but have doubts after holding it. As you said mate they don't release too well after they've been speared so I added them to the bag - took home a good mix of other fish a nice jack in there which made my day. Has been a while since I got a decent shot on a jack.

[Captain Seaweed]

sorry guys my call was way out!!!

[Muddy Toes]

First time for everything buddy.......

[lucee81]

sorry guys my call was way out!!!

thats twice now you've been wrong...
you are becoming very untrustworthy these days....

[thelump]

Dont be too hard on yourself Marty. Silver drummer are easily mistaken for the Fast Antarctic Roaming Tilapia. More commonly known by their acronym!

[Noelm]

the other one looks like a Black Drummer sort of, where did you spear them?

[Sergio_kutz]

The other one looks like a slatey/blubber lips bream/thicklip, some people call them mother in law fish, some people think they're good on the chew, you decide!