fish id

[lowlux]

im hoping someone on here might be able to help with the id of this fish it was caught up a baffle creek

[kingcray]

crescent perch?

[netmaker]

i reckon a crescent grunter

[wayno60]

yes some model of grunter... caught some good size one last time we were up there.

[kingcray]

http://australianmuseum.net.au/Crescent-Grunter-Terapon-jarbua/
crescent grunter , sometimes called perch , trumpeter or spiky little bugger

[cuzzamundi]

We call them Trumpeters. Never knew they were a type of Grunter. Interesting to know.

Cuzza

[rtp1984]

Used to catch heaps down the goldy. Called them happy moments.
No info other than that.

Thanks
Rob

[mortyb]

We called them trumpeters up north. Can give a nasty sting. They were a pain when using a castnet as they would school up and fill the net.

[kingcray]

was watching Robson Green's fishing show for a bit last night , he was in an estuary in South Africa.
He caught one of these crescent grunter, a small tarwhine and also what we would call a 'bar tailed' flathead, but they gave them all different names to us. Just thought that was a bit interesting ..

[cqfreshie]

Grows to 25cm..never saw one that size. Usually around 5 to 7.5 here on Cap Coast. Given their fight, they would out perform a bream at 25 cm. Prickey little buggers.

[SatNav]

1. Not a happy moment.

[sunnycoast62]

Caught one that looks the same in the Mooloola River, I agree SatNav, definately not a happy moment...