Anybody know what kind of fish this is?

Anybody know what kind of fish this is?

Euan 8 posts

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Euan says:

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Mark Totzke 835 posts

where did you catch it? Looks like it's got some whiskers or feelers, like a catfish.

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ozwi09 4 posts

Looks like a goat fish mate. (Upeneus tragula). Can grow to 250mm in length. Apparently a good table fish when eaten fresh rated 4.0/5.0. No size limit or bag limit.

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itsaboat 1447 posts

Looks very much like a bartail goatfish to me...But I might be wrong :)

EDIT: Hi ozwi09, welcome to Fishing Reminder...Two votes for goatfish :)

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ozwi09 4 posts

Yep you would be right mate. I should have been more specific since there are about 7 different types of goat fish I think. Bartailed looks correct. Cheers

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itsaboat 1447 posts

Hi ozwi09.

You sound like you might know what you are talking about 😊 and I picked that up in just 2 posts...

Welcome to fishing Reminder. We hope you stay around here for a while. It is not a bad place. What part of the land down under does you hale from?

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ozwi09 4 posts

Thanks mate. I have an awesome app called idFish which is a massive help when Im not sure what it is Im looking at. I think it cost me something like $12. Well worth it. Check it out. Im in Yeppoon on the Capricorn coast Qld. Home to the beautiful Keppel Islands

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itsaboat 1447 posts

Yeppoon is a great part of the country...I am house sitting just south of Wagga Wagga, but I will be heading north soon. I got a 5 month house sit 2 hours north of Wagga starting in April. So still land locked. I just got myself a big 4WD, so I am hoping to get into some Murray Cod and Yellow Belly soon.

That sounds like an interesting app. I haven't looked at. I will check it out. Cheers

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tristanbrockmcgregor 6 posts

hey mate ozwi09 I was in Yeppoon on Thursday. we should catch up over a beer at the spinnaker......

We hail from down near Brisbane normally, the fish was caught over on Stradbroke Island.

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ozwi09 4 posts

Its pretty good. You put in the mist distinguishing features of a fish and it throws some ideas at you including photos. You can also keep track of your catch on a trip log so you dont go over your boat limits

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tristanbrockmcgregor 6 posts

great catch Dylan

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Joel M. Verona 1 posts

It definitely is a goat fish. it's meat, has a solid texture, and is edible, it is however too small and too scarce to feast with. Better to let go when caught. Cheers!!!

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Dlohn Manlisis 1 posts

We call it Goat Fish

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Anybody know what kind of fish this is?

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