queensland Identification - mullet what type & Blubberlip Bream?

[Kat]

Hi Identification assistance again please:

1. What type of Mullet?

2.  Is this a Blubberlip Bream?

Cheers Kat

[Another Wazza]

That’s a Slatey Bream, has a few different names too, not sure about the mullet, their all the same to me

[ellicat]

1. Who knows, maybe a diamond scale ? Like Wazza - I can't tell the difference.

2. Yep, Blubberlips bream. AKA Blackall, Slatey Bream, Painted sweetlips, Bluey, Mowong, Morwong, Thicklip, Thicklip Bream.

[Old Scaley]

Mullet are really hard for me as well. That one is not a diamond though - I can pick them. If I am casting for bait, I only keep the goldspot mullet because they are easy to identify and have no size limit.

[Andrew_P]

Identifying juvenile mullet is really difficult. In Qld, only two species are regulated (ie have a size limit). They are sea mullet and diamond scale mullet, and the size limit is 30cm. 

https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/fish-identification-information/fish-species-guide/fish-species-id-info/profile?fish-id=sea-mullet-freshwater-and-tidal

https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/fish-identification-information/fish-species-guide/fish-species-id-info/profile?fish-id=diamondscale-mullet

this looks like a flicker mullet to me - Paramugil georgii. They do not have a minimum size but do have an in possession limit of 20. 
https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Valamugil-georgii.html

 

they make excellent live bait and the bigger ones are quite tasty. 
 

for those who have Grants Guide to Fishes, the mullet section has great pictures to help with ID

[ellicat]

26 minutes ago, Old Scaley said:

I only keep the goldspot mullet because they are easy to identify

Goldspot Mullet, Liza argentea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

Scientific name: Liza argentea

Alternative name/s:
Brown-back Mullet, Bull-nose Mullet, Fantail Mullet, Flat-tail Mullet, Flattail Mullet, Gold-gill, Gold-gill Mullet, Jumpin Mullet, Jumping Mullet, Ramsay's Mullet, Rock Mullet, Rockies, Tiger Mullet, Tygum, Tygum Mullet, Wankari

 

https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/goldspot-mullet-liza-argentea/

 

 

 

Just to make it clear as mud ... . I think I'll refer to them as Wankari from now on. haha

[Another Wazza]

The only mullet I can identity with 100% accuracy is the hairstyle, hahaha

[ellicat]

8 minutes ago, Another Wazza said:

The only mullet I can identity with 100% accuracy is the hairstyle, hahaha

I reckon you'd have had a good one back in the day too. haha

[Another Wazza]

You know it!, I was rocking a beast of a mullet at school, strange times in the 80’s

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

10 minutes ago, Another Wazza said:

You know it!, I was rocking a beast of a mullet at school, strange times in the 80’s

My friends dared me to get a mullet with my big boof. I was going to but then we saw the outrageous price so decided to go. Lol. Too late now, I’d have a term of detentions if I rocked one to school  

Kat, it’s a Blackall/Blubberlip Bream, and the other looks like a Sea Mullet to me. I’d say Andrew is on the money though. 

Cheers Hamish

[Kat]

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

 

Just to make it clear as mud ... . I think I'll refer to them as Wankari from now on. haha

Thanks!  Reading that made me laugh out loud (I am alone so I sound crazy).

[Drop Bear]

Kat asked me to put up some photos from Grant's.

These are actually from Grant's Fishes Of Australia, not Grant's Guide to Fishes. I think they are reasonably similar. Some of the names are different to how I know them. 

Hope it helps.

Personally I love Mullet. They are easy to fillet and even the smaller versions give you plenty of meat per fish.