Fish ID

[bmxdirtjumpa]

Can someone id this fish for me...I thought it was a doggy mackerel...buuuut I cut him up and he had red flesh, not a mackerel lol, also didn't have teeth either..

[shortie]

looks like a long tail tuna to me

[RyanG45]

is it some type of tuna because look and his pectrol fin, his nose and that he has red flesh im guessing its a type of tuna. but i could be wrong

[bmxdirtjumpa]

Yeahh I was thinking some sort of tuna...after a bit of a read, its not a longtail??

[fishguru5]

it looks like a cowanyoung except a little different colour

[fishguru5]

cowanyoung or jack mackeral

[jeff f]

guys it is a frigate mackeral

great troll bait for marlin

[RyanG45]

my bad lol

[tugger]

i believe it to be a scad mackerel but not positive without seeing it with its fins fully out

[bmxdirtjumpa]

yeah im gonna go with jack or scad mackerel because of the long pectoral fins

[fishingnut]

bmxdirtjumpa wrote:

jeez I miss it up there, fishing with no shirt and 8 degrees here at 5 this morning....bugger

[elops]

Finny Scad - Megalaspis cordyla

[John]

I dont know but elops seems to be on the money from this article - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedo_scad

[RyanG45]

so its not a type of tuna. but is it in the tuna family or not

[ellicat]

RyanG45 wrote:

so its not a type of tuna. but is it in the tuna family or not

No.

Excerpt from the link Johnny posted-

"the torpedo scad, Megalaspis cordyla (also known as the hardtail scad, finny scad, finletted mackerel scad and cordyla scad), is a species of moderately large marine fish classified in the jack and horse mackerel family"

[RyanG45]

ok cool well i guess you do learn a new thing everyday