fish ID please

[peterowen]

Caught this out of cairns, Maybe a dark tailed sea perch or hussar but the orange "mauri" marks on face are not right. Tasted good...

[tunaticer]

Baited question....where is the popcorn?

[Triple]

Is this what the popcorn is for?

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[Still_Dreamin]

Ok educate the rest of us oh wise ones. I originally thought mangrove jack definitely not hussar though.

[Still_Dreamin]

Maybe Red bass? If so it is a no take due to ciguatera

[scorpo92]

Maybe Red bass? If so it is a no take due to ciguatera

Does look very red bassy doesnt it

[Dan5]

Looks like a Moses perch..........Lujanis Russeli.........or Russels Snapper........it's a big one if it is.........if I'm right it's lost it's defiant black spot near the tail wrist as Fingermark do to some degree.

Definatly not a Red Bass those things have big nostrels and are more cylindrical with bad ass teeth.

Generally if ya can't ID it don't eat it.......or keep it!

Dan

[odes20]

Jees it shocks me how many guesses are offered on Fish ID posts
how anyone could think it's possibly a Jack or a Red Bass is beyond me. They are both radically different to this Dark Tailed Sea Perch in the pic. I've also caught quite a few off Cairns.

[Daintreeboy]

Yep a Dark tail, easy pick as Odes said.

[peterowen]

Awesome thanks heaps guys, It was over 40 which I new was more than legal for a latjunus species. Its identical to the "features" of a SM nanny, same dorsal and anal spines and even same amount of scales between lateral and anal. Eye foward though like a jack but without the similar canines. Grants only have a brief description on the fingermark page. Good chewin too, opally flesh like the hussar.

[odes20]

Thats a good point you make a out taking it being over 40 in the lutjanis brigade. There is another fish in this general appearance group called a paddletail which is however a no take species. Better to familiarise oneself about its appearance as in is no take because of ciguiterea.