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.
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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
Originally Posted by Bladeca
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.
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Sorry Glenn but not that species in my view.
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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.
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this link sorts it out I think, found this trolling the net today...
http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip...australia.html
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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
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