Spotted Mackerel, like all Mackerel, have an elongated body with pointed noses and mouth full of very sharp teeth. They have a light silvery grey body, that is bluey green above the lateral line. They are often confused with the Queensland School Mackerel, however can be distinguished by the blotches on the School Mackerel are poorly defined and less than the spotted Mackerel, also the first dorsal fin of the School Mackerel is jet black with a large contrasting white section between the sixth and seventh spine which the spotted Mackerel does not have.

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Mangrove Jack are a typical perch shape. They can range from almost pale pink to a dirty red brown. They have large eyes, strong jaws and powerful canine teeth. Each scale has a dark spot. They are often confused with the Red Bass, red bass have a much brighter red hue than the Mangrove Jack and Red Bass have a deep pit before their eye which the Jack doesn’t.

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Golden Perch as the name implies are normally a very golden colour on the sides moving to an olive-green on the top part of the body of the fish. They are a deep bodied fish and as they get larger a hump develops from the to the rest of the body. Yellowbelly have sharp gill rakers.

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Queenfish are bluish black on the upper body and silvery white metallic sheen along the flanks and belly area. Some Larger fish may be yellowish shade underneath. Another distinguishing feature is a line of up to five or more elliptical marks on the flanks above the lateral line.

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Queenfish are bluish black on the upper body and silvery white metallic sheen along the flanks and belly area. Some Larger fish may be yellowish shade underneath. Another distinguishing feature is a line of up to five or more elliptical marks on the flanks above the lateral line.

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Blackspot Rockcod is a typical cod shaped fish of the tropics with the normal large mouth associated with tropical cod species. As the name suggests it is covered in black spots, it has white blotches. Spots extend to all fins as well.

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Goldspotted Rockcod is a typical cod shaped fish of the tropics and temperate waters with the normal large mouth associated with tropical cod species. It is a greyish brown fading to a cream or dull white belly. It has orange spots. It is often confused with the Groper of the reefs however is only vaguely mottled in dark brown where as the Goldspot Rockcod has distinctive spots and 5 almost vertical bars running down its body.

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Saratoga are an ancient looking fish with an up looking forward large mouth and protruding lower jaw. They have large scales and small barbells or whiskers. The Southern and Northern fish easily distinguished by where it is found in the wild.

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Snapper are a medium to large, deep bodied fish with powerful jaws and peg like teeth (Similar to a bream – only bigger). Large mature fish develop a hump on their head as they get older. They are a beautiful pink to deep red in colour (especially when first caught) with a scattering of beautiful blue spots.

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Snapper are a medium to large, deep bodied fish with powerful jaws and peg like teeth (Similar to a bream – only bigger). Large mature fish develop a hump on their head as they get older. They are a beautiful pink to deep red in colour (especially when first caught) with a scattering of beautiful blue spots.

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