Fish identification
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
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Printed Date: 07 Jul 2026 at 10:50am
Topic: Fish identification
Posted By: v8-coupe
Subject: Fish identification
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2023 at 8:52pm
 Hi all.First time catching one of these. Am I correct in assuming this is a Goat fish? Small bugger unfortunately caught on a fall jig. Apologies for the quality of the picture. Have searched the net and found a couple of pictures that look close, so I thought I would use the real-life knowledge available on this site. 👍 Cheers
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Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2023 at 6:14am
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Did it have barbels under it's lower jaw V8? It looks like a goat fish to me but hard to tell from the angle.
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Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2023 at 10:16am
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As above, almost certainly a goat fish, but hard to be 100% without seeing the barbels. They do take jigs occasionally and good eating. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upeneichthys_lineatus" rel="nofollow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upeneichthys_lineatus
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Posted By: v8-coupe
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2023 at 5:16pm
Yup, it did. apologize for the pic. Cheers. ------------- Legasea Legend Member |
smudge wrote:Posted By: v8-coupe
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2023 at 5:18pm
Thank you for the link. That is the one. This one was a little too small for eating. Hopefully released it gently enough for it to survive. 👍 Cheers ------------- Legasea Legend Member |
Posted By: Fish Addict
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2023 at 6:32pm
I agree MB, we get the occasional one over here and the larger specimens eat well. |
Posted By: Phantom Menace
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2023 at 3:36pm
| Yeah, looks like a goat fish to me. (they are pretty easy to spear if you want more) |
Posted By: brmbrm
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2023 at 5:56pm
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Yes, goat fish. They are very good eating - we prefer them to snapper for sure. I seem to remember they are quite slow growing (Lethal posted on this form 20 odd years ago with info?) but they are not under threat. That one is too small though by the looks of it
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