The Sooty Grunter is also known as Sooties and Black Bream. The Sooty Grunter body colour varies with the location and age of the fish. It is generally dark slate grey on the upper back and flanks however some individuals maybe more blackish and other more golden bronze. The lower flanks and belly area is [...]
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Snook | Sphyraena novaehollandiae
The Snook is also known as the Shortfinned Pike and Short Fin Sea Pike. The body colour of the Snook varies it usually green to bluish on the back with the flanks and belly being silvery. Snook have long body and rounded with two or more darker stripes usually green or brownish can be visible [...]
Snapper | Pargus Auratus
Snapper Pagrus auratus are also know as Squire, Old Man Snapper, Pink Snapper, Pinkie, Red Bream, and Nobbie. A Snapper’s colour varies from reddish pink to reddish bronze on the upper sides and silver white belly. Juvenile snappers’ upper body areas are covered by small neon blue spots which fade as snapper mature. Older fish [...]
Small Mouth Nannygai | Lutjanus erythropterus
The Small Mouth Nannygai is also known as the Crimson Sea Perch, Nannygai and Reds. The body colour of the Small Mouth Nannygai is generally a deep red on the upper back and flanks however sometimes it may also be a lighter orange red. The lower flanks and belly area are more pinkish red to [...]
Silver Trevally | Pseudocaranx dentex
The Silver Trevally is also known as the White Trevally, Skippy, Trevally, Skipjack Trevally and Blurter. The Silver Trevally colour is generally greyish green to bluish with purple hues on the back and upper flanks progressing down to silvery lower half and belly area. Juveniles have a yellow stripe on the body this may also [...]
Silver Perch | Bidyanus bidyanus
The Silver Perch is also known as Silvers, Silver Bream, Bidyan, Black Bream, Grunter and Murray perch. The overall body colour is silvery grey however this varies with water conditions and location and may be olive green to slate grey on the upper back and flanks. The sides are silvery and the belly area is [...]
Short Finned Eel | Anguilla australis
The Short Finned Eel is also known as the Silver Eel, yellow Eel and Eel. The body colour of the Short Finned Eel varies they are usually dark brown to blackish however they may also have a olive green appearance on the upper back this colouration is solid compared with the Long find Eel Which [...]
Sea Sweep | Scorpis aequipinnis
The Sea Sweep is also known as Sweep. The body colour of the Sea Sweep is generally silvery grey with shades of blue and brown on the upper flanks and back area. The lower flanks and belly area are more silver in colour. The Sea Sweep has two broad dark bars that run vertical up [...]
Sea Mullet | Mugil cephalus
The Sea Mullet is also known as the Hardgut Mullet, River Mullet, Bully Mullet, Poddy Mullet and Mullet. The Sea Mullet varies in colour depending on the habitat they are found. Sea mullet from ocean area’s are more bluish grey on the upper back and flanks with the lower flanks and belly area more silver [...]
School Shark | Galeorhinus galeus
The School Shark is also known as the Eastern School Shark, Schoolie, Grey Shark, Snapper Shark and Tope. The upper body colour of the School Shark is greyish to bronze in colour this fades down the flanks to a lighter cream or whitish belly area. The school shark is often confused with the Gummy Shark [...]