can anyone identify this fish

[heath2500]

Got this in gladstone up the caliope river. I've tried to identify and have been unsuccessful.

[kercus]

Tripletail?

[heath2500]

That was my thought too at first kercus but it had very rubbery lips like a morwong

[lucee81]

Black cod??

[ifishcq1]

Black sweetlip, which is just a very dark blubberlip
we get a few around Coorooman Creek and they can range from that colour to red dirt brown with pale strips
cheers

[cuzzamundi]

I'm with IFISHCQ. Caught one years ago in the Noosa River. Very nice on the plate.

Cuzza

[Moffy]

That was my thought too at first kercus but it had very rubbery lips like a morwong

All but identified it yourself - Blubber Lip Bream is a local name for them up this way (Cairns) - they are also Known as Brown/Black Sweetlip - depending on the colour variant you catch - and sometimes called a morwong (rightly or wrongly i don't know).

Don't know that i'd rate them on the table though.

Moffy

[phantomphisher]

Grants says it's a brown morwong. it could be a sooty morwong but looks like it has strong dorsal spines, unlike the sooties.