Mate caught 14 of these in cast net at Bribe most over 400mm long
He said they tasted great but still not sure what they are
Can somebody identify
thanks
Mate caught 14 of these in cast net at Bribe most over 400mm long
He said they tasted great but still not sure what they are
Can somebody identify
thanks
Not sure of its name, but possitive its not Luderick (AKA: Black Bream) If you dont know, Luderick graze around weed. Hope you get the info you need, and tell ya mate nice haul.
cheers
Les
Hi Paul,
I recently caught a couple of these aswell and they tasted mighty fine!
Here is the info you were after: hope it helps!
Banded Scat
Selenotoca multifasciata (Richardson, 1846)
The Banded Scat is a deep-bodied, compressed fish that has tiny ctenoid scales.
The body is greenish to yellow above becoming silvery below. It has a variable pattern of 10 to 12 dark vertical bars on the side of the body. There are short bars and spots on the lower sides.
Care must be taken if this species is handled. At the base of each fin spine is a venom gland. The fin spines can inflict painful wounds.
The Banded Scat grows to 41cm in length. It feeds on small benthic invertebrates and detritus.
This species occurs in the Western Pacific. Adults are usually found schooling in sandy areas of estuaries and river mouths. Juveniles commonly enter freshwater streams.
In Australia this species is recorded from the central coast of Western Australia, around the tropical north and south to the central New South Wales coast.
The Banded Scat is also known as the Striped Scat and Striped Butterfish.
Quite often get them in the net mate. Think they might feed somewhere close to the surface. And yeah, they do make alright eating. I thought they were luderick the first time I got them too (4 years ago), so I took em home and knocked up a feed out of them. Found out later they weren't luderick. Still, not bad eating.
Ben
the old butter fish!! they go hard for their size ill give em that... cant say ive ever eaten one though
Yeah definately a Scat...
We keep a few small Red Scats in a tank here at home. I had a pet one last year that grew to 13cm...
Yeah, i regularly get them in the net as well. Made the mistake of grabbing one once, and yes, i can vouch for the fact that they are VERY PAINFUL! Never thought of eating them tho!
It's interesting to see how many people on this site eat fish that they don't know what it is?
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I know them as butterfish too jeffo, only ever caught them in a bait net and never tasted them before.
There are browny coloured ones as well usually caught in the same areas that have slightly different but similar markings, most of the ones I have caught have been in the brissy river or old boat passage.
Dr_Dan I release anything that I don't know what it is then check it out later. If I find out it's a good table fish I will keep the next ones to try. Really not willing to risk poisoning myself for a feed of fish
Always have known them as a Striped Butterfish. Although I have never worried about keeping them for a feed many have and do and apparantly they aren't too bad for a chew if bled and eaten while fresh. Regularly catch them in the estuaries especially around snags and quite often with happy moments.
clutter
Hehehe, probably got a good point there Dan. However, I only ate it as when I was younger I thought that particular fish was a luderick. Ever since I started fishing I've never eaten a fish I wasn't sure about. Lol, I guess you could say I wasn't too sure about this one, cause I had it wrong, but that was along time ago. Certainly don't do it now. I've got bad enough alergies to seafoods as it is - can't risk shit like that.
Ben
Good old butter fish! i would not eat one but great fighter and may even take fly. Good for bait sweetlip love fillets. Thousands up north around structure as a working diver i see thousands. Can grow bigger. Are they related to bat Fish? Or Chinamen
taste great in my opinion
gotta agree with a few previous posts striped butterfish, however more often then not they are or were marketed as John Dory. the filleters use to hate them at the markets, due to the spines, the smell and having to skin them.
cheers
Joe.
i have seen thease fish feeding on jelly fish of a local jetty near my place so i went down and caught a jelly fish cut it up and caught 4 of them around the 40 cm mark.. had fuekn itchy hands tho lol was a few years ago
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