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  1. 02-07-2012, 02:47 PM #1
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    FISH ID....if no one can help it will be called a chinapino fish

    can anyone identify this for me please iv gone to two bait nd tackle shops, a co op, 3 pro fishos and the old bloke down the road for no answers, it came out of 250 meters of water and took a big slab of mullet destined for a cod, they look like small squire but have yellow fins and a yellow tinge through the body,the have teeth like hussar, and they are only about 30cms long,iv caught a few of these now and wanna know wat there called
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  2. 02-07-2012, 03:22 PM #2
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    Re: FISH ID....if no one can help it will be called a chinapino fish

    Juvenile Ooglie. ?????

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  3. 02-07-2012, 04:09 PM #3
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    Re: FISH ID....if no one can help it will be called a chinapino fish

    Hi Overdraft,

    I believe it's a "Tangs Snapper", If your working over the shelf edge then the best species guide excluding the small sharks like Spur dogs, Green Eye's and a heap of others have a look at

    http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/documents...FieldGuide.pdf

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  4. 02-07-2012, 05:18 PM #4
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    Re: FISH ID....if no one can help it will be called a chinapino fish

    i dont think it was juvenile it was roed up..... i thought it might be a tangs snapper to
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  5. 02-07-2012, 05:29 PM #5
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    Re: FISH ID....if no one can help it will be called a chinapino fish

    just had a look at a few pics on the tangs snapper.....no deal
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    Re: FISH ID....if no one can help it will be called a chinapino fish

    you should email Jeff Johnson at the Qld museum he is the Ichthyologist there, he is the man when it comes to ID's
    jeff.johnson@qm.qld.gov.au

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    Re: FISH ID....if no one can help it will be called a chinapino fish

    Is this you Nick?

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  8. 02-07-2012, 08:32 PM #8
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    Re: FISH ID....if no one can help it will be called a chinapino fish

    after looking at my books i would put my money on it being Deep Sea Snapper, Dentex tumifrons.
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  9. 02-07-2012, 09:09 PM #9
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    Re: FISH ID....if no one can help it will be called a chinapino fish

    Quote Originally Posted by Si View Post
    after looking at my books i would put my money on it being Deep Sea Snapper, Dentex tumifrons.
    looks like it

    http://australianmuseum.net.au/image...x-spariformis/

    check the name on the pic

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  10. 02-07-2012, 10:24 PM #10
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    Re: FISH ID....if no one can help it will be called a chinapino fish

    http://australianmuseum.net.au/image...ntex-tumifrons

    lol, yeah same fish. same photo too....not too sure which name is superseded though.

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  11. 02-07-2012, 10:41 PM #11
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    Re: FISH ID....if no one can help it will be called a chinapino fish

    Quote Originally Posted by Si View Post
    http://australianmuseum.net.au/image...ntex-tumifrons

    lol, yeah same fish. same photo too....not too sure which name is superseded though.

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    I've got a funny feeling the photographers name isn't superseded........yet.
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    Re: FISH ID....if no one can help it will be called a chinapino fish

    Quote Originally Posted by Si View Post
    http://australianmuseum.net.au/image...ntex-tumifrons

    lol, yeah same fish. same photo too....not too sure which name is superseded though.

    cheers
    well spotted, I didn't see that last night, I was referring to the name of the photographer it was a Dentex tumifrons when I put the pic in

    cheers Murf
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  13. 25-11-2013, 03:43 PM #13
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    Re: FISH ID....if no one can help it will be called a chinapino fish

    dentex spariformis..or easier known as the yellow backed sea bream
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