Australian Native - Held to ID Please

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a70m1c
 
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Australian Native - Held to ID Please

by a70m1c

I caught these fish in a fresh water costal creek in cairns australia along with some jungle perch. I also saw some mangrove jack, but they where too quick!
I have uploaded pics with this post.
I havent been able to find them in any of my books, the DPI website and went through a bunch of other Aus native websites. got about 6 or 8 of them (5 cm or so)
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a70m1c
 
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by a70m1c

Found it! salt water fish. size limits apply so i have broken the law by taking these. I will be returning them.


http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/dpi/h ... A_HTML.htm

Comet groper

Scientific name
Epinephelus morrhua

Description
distinctive oblique bands run from the snout to the upper body
lower band made up of a series of horizontal blotches
Family name
Serranidae (cods and gropers)

Family description
bottom-dwelling (demersal) predators
highly regarded food fish
most have small scales
hard to see lateral lines and usually rounded to emarginate tail fins


dizzcat
 
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by dizzcat

Those are very pretty fish :-) How big do they get?


a70m1c
 
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by a70m1c

I dont know how big they grow but your not allowed to catch them untill they are 38cm

so too big for the standard aquarium!

I hope they are all right untill i can take them back to creek where i got them on the weekend.


jweb
 
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by jweb

well you could help the greater cause and breed them in captivity then release them into the wild. =)

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