Recreational fishing identification guide

1 Recreational fishingidentification guideJune 2020 Department ofPrimary Industries andRegional DevelopmentiiRecreational fishing identification guideCover: West Australian dhufish Glaucosoma hebraicum. Photo: Mervi by Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Perth, Western Australia. Fisheries Occasional Publication No. 103, sixth edition, June : 1447 2058 (Print) ISBN: 978-1-921258-58-9 (Print) ISSN: 2206 0928 (Online) ISBN: 978-1-921258-59-6 (Online) ContentsAbout this demersal ..3 Inshore demersal ..4 Nearshore ..12 Estuarine ..19 Pelagic ..20 Sharks ..23 Crustaceans .. fishing identification guideThis guide has been developed to help you identify the more common species in Western Australia that you may encounter.

2 The purpose of this Recreational fishing guide is to enhance consistent and accurate species you are unsure about a particular species (or if it is not in this guide ), please discuss it with a representative of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia. You can access additional information on the website this guideSix broad ecological depth-based habitats are recognised within each bioregion. Finfish species are listed in the habitat where they most commonly occur. Sharks and crustaceans are presented separately as they may occupy many page 20 Offshore demersal page 3 Inshore demersal page 4 Estuarine page 19 Freshwater page 28250m20mNearshore page 12 Land2 Recreational fishing identification guideThroughout this guide you will see all or some of the marine bioregion symbols with each fish illustration, indicating where the species is most likely to CoastWCWest CoastGCGascoyne CoastNCNorth CoastFreshwater species inhabit the inland bioregions, which are shown on the map on page this guide (continued)North Coast(Pilbara/Kimberley)

3 GascoyneCoastWestCoastSouth CoastAshburton RiverKununurraBroomePort HedlandKarrathaOnslowExmouthCarnarvonDen hamKalbarriGeraldtonPerthAugustaBlack PointAlbanyEsperanceEucla115 30' E114 50' E27 S21 46' SSCWCGCNC3 Recreational fishing identification guideOffshore demersalEightbar grouper(Grey banded rockcod, eightbar cod)Hyporthodus octofasciatusHapukuPolyprion oxygeneiosBass groperPolyprion americanusBlue-eye trevallaHyperoglyphe antarcticaRuby snapperEtelis carbunculusFlame snapperEtelis coruscans4 Recreational fishing identification guideNorthern pearl perchGlaucosoma buergeriFoxfish(Western foxfish)Bodianus frenchiiPink snapper(Snapper, pinkie)Chrysophrys auratusSunburnt pigfish(Goldspot foxfish)Bodianus solatusBight redfish(Red snapper, nannygai)Centroberyx gerrardiYelloweye redfishCentroberyx australisJuvenileWest Australian dhufish(Dhuie)Glaucosoma hebraicumInshore demersalJuvenileSwallowtailCentroberyx lineatus5 Recreational fishing identification guideBluebarred parrotfishScarus ghobbanBlackspot tuskfish(Bluebone)Choerodon schoenleiniiPurple tuskfish(Grass tuskfish, bluebone)Choerodon cephalotesBlue tuskfish(Bluebone) Choerodon cyanodusBaldchin groper(Baldie)Choerodon rubescensJuvenileWestern blue groperAchoerodus gouldiiBluespotted tuskfish Choerodon cauteromaHumphead Maori wrasse PROTECTED SPECIES Cheilinus undulatus6 Recreational fishing identification guideRankin cod(Whitespotted rockcod)

4 Epinephelus multinotatusJuvenileBreaksea cod(Black arse snapper)Epinephelides armatusYellowspotted rockcod(Spotted cod, honeycomb cod)Epinephelus areolatusTomato rockcodCephalopholis sonneratiGoldspotted rockcod(Estuary cod, slimy cod, greasy grouper)Epinephelus coioidesBlackspotted rockcod(Malabar cod, estuary cod, slimy cod)Epinephelus malabaricusDuskytail grouper(Spotted trout, trout cod)Epinephelus bleekeriFrostback rockcod(Spotted cod, honeycomb cod, frostback cod)Epinephelus bilobatusInshore demersal (continued)7 Recreational fishing identification guideBarramundi codChromileptes altivelisJuvenilePotato rockcod PROTECTED SPECIES(Potato cod)Epinephelus tukulaQueensland groper PROTECTED SPECIES(Giant grouper, Queensland grouper)Epinephelus lanceolatusBarcheek coral trout(Inshore coral trout)Plectropomus maculatusHarlequin fishOthos dentexCommon coral trout(Leopard coral trout)Plectropomus leopardusMainly offshore in NC and GCYellowedge coronation trout(Coronation trout, lunartail trout)Variola loutiJuvenileChinamanfish(Chinaman)Symph orus nematophorus8 Recreational fishing identification guideJuvenileMangrove Jack(Jacks) Lutjanus argentimaculatusSaddletail snapper(Scarlet seaperch)Lutjanus malabaricusRed emperor(Reds)Lutjanus sebaeGolden snapper(Fingermark seaperch, fingermark bream)Lutjanus johniiCrimson snapper(Crimson seaperch, red snapper)Lutjanus erythropterusDarktail snapper(Maroon seaperch, dark tailed seaperch)

5 Lutjanus lemniscatusMoses snapper(Moses perch, fingermark bream)Lutjanus russelliiInshore demersal (continued)9 Recreational fishing identification guideSharptooth snapper(Sharptooth jobfish)Pristipomoides typusBrownstripe snapper(Flagfish)Lutjanus vittaGoldband snapperPristipomoides multidensRosy snapper(Rosy jobfish, crimson jobfish)Pristipomoides filamentosusMaori snapper(Maori seaperch)Lutjanus rivulatusStripey snapper(Spanish flag, stripey seaperch)Lutjanus carponotatus10 Recreational fishing identification guideLongnose emperor(Long-nosed emperor)Lethrinus olivaceusRedspot emperor(Pink-eared emperor)Lethrinus lentjanGrass emperor(Black snapper, blue-lined emperor, grass snapper, tricky snapper)Lethrinus laticaudisSpangled emperorLethrinus nebulosusBluespotted emperor(Lesser spangled emperor)Lethrinus punctulatusInshore demersal (continued)Redthroat emperor(Sweetlip emperor)Lethrinus miniatusYellowtail emperorLethrinus atkinsoniRobinson s seabream(Robinson s bream, Robinson s perch)Gymnocranius grandoculis11 Recreational fishing identification guidePainted sweetlips(Slatey bream, sweetlip)Diagramma labiosumSergeant bakerAulopus purpurissatusRosy threadfin breamNemipterus furcosusBlue morwong(Queen snapper)Nemadactylus valenciennesiBighead gurnard perch(Gurnard perch)Neosebastes pandusSea sweepScorpis aequipinnisFrypan breamArgyrops notialis12 Recreational fishing identification guideGoldenline whiting(Golden-lined whiting)

6 Sillago analisWestern trumpeter whitingSillago burrusWestern school whiting(Sand whiting, school whiting)Sillago vittataSouthern school whiting(Sand whiting, school whiting)Sillago bassensisYellowtail scad(Yellowtail, yellowtail horse mackerel)Trachurus novaezelandiaeDot markings on base of pectoral finNo dot markings on base of pectoral finFaint or no barsWell defined barsKing George whitingSillaginodes punctatus Yellowfin whiting(Sand whiting, silver whiting)Sillago schomburgkiiNearshore13 Recreational fishing identification guideSnookSphyraena novaehollandiaeLower lobe of tail fin longerDark blotch below dorsal finJuvenileSouthern garfish (Gardie, southern sea garfish)Hyporhamphus melanochirThree-by-two garfish (Robust garfish, storm garfish)Hemiramphus robustusBlack markings on tailTailor(Chopper small tailor)Pomatomus saltatrixAustralian herring(Herring, tommy ruff)Arripis georgianusWestern Australian salmon (Salmon)Arripis truttaceusJuvenile, often called salmon trout, looks like adult Australian herring but has smaller eye and pointy headYellowtail barracuda(Pike, striped seapike)Sphyraena obtusataLongtomFamily Belonidae14 Recreational fishing identification guideBludger trevallyCarangoides gymnostethusSilver trevally(Skipjack, skippy)Pseudocaranx georgianusThis includes the smaller sand trevally (P.)

7 Wrightii)Chinaman rockcod(Charlie court)Epinephelus rivulatusTurrum(Goldspotted trevally)Carangoides fulvoguttatusGolden trevally(Banded trevally)Gnathanodon speciosusNearshore (continued)Common dart Trachinotus botlaGiant trevally(GT)Caranx ignobilisQueenfish(Queenie)Scomberoides fishing identification guideJuvenileBluespotted goatfish(Red mullet)Upeneichthys vlamingiiBlue mackerel(Slimey mackerel, common mackerel)Scomber australasicusOriental bonitoSarda orientalisDiamondscale mulletLiza vaigiensisGreenback mulletLiza subviridisSea mullet(Mullet)Mugil cephalusBluetail mulletValamugil buchananiYelloweye mullet(Pilch, yellow-eyed mullet)Aldrichetta forsteri16 Recreational fishing identification guideTripletail Lobotes surinamensisMaleFemaleMaleFemaleWestern King wrasseCoris auricularisSouthern maori wrasseOphthalmolepis lineolatusBrownspotted wrasseNotolabrus parilusBanded sweepScorpis georgianaWestern butterfish(Butterfish, buttery)Pentapodus vittaWestern striped grunter(Trumpeter, striped trumpeter)Pelates octolineatusNearshore (continued)Sea trumpeter Pelsartia humeralis17 Recreational fishing identification guide4 pectoral filaments5 pectoral filamentsBlotched javelin(Blotched javelinfish)Pomadasys maculatusBarred javelin(Spotted javelinfish)Pomadasys kaakanBlue threadfin(Bluenose threadfin salmon, blue salmon)

8 Eleutheronema tetradactylumKing threadfin(Giant threadfin salmon, giant threadfin)Polydactylus macrochirGiant sea catfish(Giant salmon catfish)Arius thalassinusBarramundi Lates calcariferMulloway(River kingfish)Argyrosomus japonicus Black jewfish(Northern mulloway)Protonibea diacanthus18 Recreational fishing identification guideHorseshoe leatherjacketMeuschenia hippocrepisSixspine leatherjacket(Reef leatherjacket)Meuschenia freycinetiWeeping toadfish POISONOUS(Blowie, pufferfish, common blowfish)Torquigener pleurogrammaSilver toadfish POISONOUS (North-West blowfish)Lagocephalus sceleratusNearshore (continued)Northwest black bream(Pikey bream)Acanthopagrus palmarisWestern yellowfin bream(Yellowfin bream)Acanthopagrus morrisoni19 Recreational fishing identification guideYellowtail flathead(Bartailed flathead)Platycephalus westraliaeNorthern sand flathead(Sand flathead, flag tailed flathead)Platycephalus endrachtensisSouthern bluespotted flathead(Bluespotted flathead, southern flathead)Platycephalus speculatorSmalltooth flounderPseudorhombus jenynsiiLargetooth flounderPseudorhombus arsiusBlack breamAcanthopagrus butcheriTarwhine(Silver bream)Rhabdosargus sarbaEstuarineEstuary cobbler(Cobbler)Cnidoglanis macrocephalus20 Recreational fishing identification guideJuvenileSamsonfishSeriola hipposAmberjackSeriola dumeriliYellowtail kingfish(Kingfish, kingie)

9 Seriola lalandiSouthern bluefin tunaThunnus maccoyiiPelagicYellowfin tunaThunnus albacaresLongtail tuna(Northern bluefin tuna)Thunnus orientalisDogtooth tuna(Doggie)Gymnosarda unicolor21 Recreational fishing identification guideSpanish mackerel(Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel)Scomberomorus commersonSpotted mackerel(Australian spotted mackerel)Scomberomorus munroiSchool mackerel(Queensland school mackerel, doggie)Scomberomorus queenslandicusGrey mackerel(Broad-barred Spanish mackerel, broad-banded mackerel)Scomberomorus semifasciatusShark mackerel(Scaly mackerel, salmon mackerel)Grammatorcynus bicarinatusWahoo Acanthocybium solandriMackerel tuna(Jack mackerel, kawakawa)Euthynnus affinisSkipjack TunaKatsuwonus pelamis22 Recreational fishing identification guideMahi mahi(Dolphinfish)Coryphaena platypterusCobia(Black kingfish)Rachycentron canadumGreat barracudaSphyraena barracudaBlue marlinMakaira nigricansBlack marlinMakaira indicaPelagic (continued)Striped marlinKajikia audax23 Recreational fishing identification guideInterdorsal ridgeBroad, angular upper teethNarrow hook-shaped upper teethNo int