another id please?

[jimmybob]

a mate got this the other day............. i have caught stacks of these in the pacific harbour on bribie and i thought i better find out wot they r? im too lazy to dig thru the shed lookin 4 my books

[stack]

As far as i know its a Striped Trumpeter,i had one in a tank for 3 years and tried to ID it myself thats as far as i ever got with it.They grow to about 30cm max i believe.

Stack

[Matt_Campbell]

Most likely a crescent perch Terapon jarbua. The 3 lines on the body and the distinct lines on the tail distinguish it from the striped trumpeter which is P. quadrilineatus.

Check this out http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Spec...ry.php?id=4458

[younstar]

i have also caught the so called "cresent perch" and have wondered what they are i now know . I also catch a type of freshwater perch very similar to that at collegescrossing and wivenhoe damn im not sure what they are. They are the same sort of shape and pattern but are yello and black striped.

[stack]

Matt where were you 3 years ago could`ve saved me hours upon hours on the net trying to find that answer.

[jimmybob]

thanx heaps for the info...........the fish u r talkin bout youngstar is a banded grunter......they were put in to the system down here i belive.....u can buy em in aquariurims.......thanx again for the info guys...now i know

[sushi_fish01]

catch heaps of those little suckas got real nasty spines on the gillcovers and love gettin stuck in ya cast nets >

[BrandonH]

I did a grade 7 essey on these suckers!! Lol use to catch heaps in the cast net many years ago, Grants calls them a stripped trumpeter, there are 2 sorts that are very similar. never seen one caught on line good work mate bit like Rod's (flick flacks) spotted scatt on plastic!!

Cheers
Brandon...

[jimmybob]

mate... i get em on sps too chasin pike under peoples jetties.......yer they got a nasty spine over their gills......and they grunt

[freddyfish]

Caught heaps on the Pine especially between Deep Water Bend and the Pine bridge.

They pull extremely hard for a tiny fish

Cheers
Brad

[bdowdy]

i caught about a dozen or so up at hope island on prawns , didnt have a clue what they were either so all released. so is it the trumpeter or the perch, they are foracious little buggers as soon as the bait hit the water they were all over it i had to move because getting sick of catching them. cheers bdowdy

[jimmybob]

yer cresent perch.......i think it was decided

[BrandonH]

Jimmybob have you got grants? i don't but my dad does and it is listed in there as a stripped or banded trumpter. I am 99.9% sure that this is what it is as i did a study on it way back in grade 7 I was lucky that we had a mangrove study at out school and spent an afternoon down near the hornybrook bridge each week for half the yaer or something.. anyways can someone who has grants do a quick search to try and sort this ID out?? if not i will take a pic of the grants page its on and post when i get over to my dads again..

cheers
Brandon...

[BrandonH]

ok i think we are all right

Australian Museum, 2006 Cresent pearch
http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fi...h/tjarbua2.htm

WA Museum has it listed as a yellowtail trumpeter and the search for banded trumpeter came up with the same pic. but it is also called a cresent pearch. would post the link but the page dosn't want to load, if you do a google for banded trumpeter you will see the pic i am talking about and the name the WA museum calls it I still believe that Grants have this as a striped/banded trumpter!! although i found a WA species that is HUGE and dosn't look the same

cheers
Brandon...