id please

[sweresy]

Got a couple of these things this morning , never caught one before, any idea what? Some sort of Morwong?

cheers Sweresy

[Surfingant]

Painted sweetlip

[fishingnut]

Should have gaffed it.

[sweresy]

Cheers Ant,

FN gaff wasn't big enough

Sweresy

[Luc53]

Harlequin sweetlip

/>http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/28_8865.htm

[Surfingant]

Harlequin sweetlip

/>http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/28_8865.htm

The dorsal fin and colouration looks nothing like a Harlequin sweetlip at that size? To me it can only be a painted.

[Cooper]

Harlequin sweetlip

/>http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/28_8865.htm

The dorsal fin and colouration looks nothing like a Harlequin sweetlip at that size? To me it can only be a painted.

It's definitely a juvenile harlequin sweetlip

[sweresy]

there's only one man that can settle this.......CALL FORTH THE ELOPS

[Surfingant]

What size would you say it was Sweresy, 6 inches? I'd like to see a photo of a Harlequin at that size with that colouration and fin structure because I can't find one.

[sweresy]

What size would you say it was Sweresy, 6 inches? I'd like to see a photo of a Harlequin at that size with that colouration and fin structure because I can't find one.

*unzips shorts and folds it in half* :evil:

yeah mate would have gone 6 inches...

[Surfingant]

What size would you say it was Sweresy, 6 inches? I'd like to see a photo of a Harlequin at that size with that colouration and fin structure because I can't find one.

*unzips shorts and folds it in half* :evil:

yeah mate would have gone 6 inches...

Always in the gutter

[Bagless]

Definitely not a Harlequin. And 90% confident it's a painted sweetlip:). The spots on a harlequin are evenly distributed where as the painted has quite distinct lines of spots derived from the early juvenile stages. While this is not exactly conclusive taxonomically refined evidence, it'll do for me .

This is the best evidence I can find to support my thoughts.

/>http://australianmuseum.net.au/image/Subadult-Painted-Sweetlips

[waldo]

One of the many species I happily drop in the morwong/milf pile.