Hi all,
Went out 2 days ago and am having trouble with ID of a fish so I need some help seeing how my fish id sucks really bad on a good day. The one on the right is a blackfin scad [Alepes melanoptera] I think (and was tasty).
The other was similar to an Orange-Spotted Trevally [Carangoides bajad] or a Yellow Spotted Trevally [ Carangoides fulvoguttas] but without the orange/yellow spots. The tail was definitely yellow though. The thing that confused me was (we got 3 of these) the meat was all red and tuna-like in consistency, appearance, and it even tasted like a type of tuna... ??? (very tasty)
About the fish:
They were VERY lively, and hard fighters. These were taken in 12-15 m but they were schooling in groups of 40-60 fish in water from 12m down to max depth of 35m (this was a largish wreck). They all weighed between ... 6.5 KG (the one pictured here) and about 11/12 kg.
...needless to say 40-60 of these coming at 2 guys who are bored and about to call it a day got the adrenaline going
Went out 2 days ago and am having trouble with ID of a fish so I need some help seeing how my fish id sucks really bad on a good day. The one on the right is a blackfin scad [Alepes melanoptera] I think (and was tasty).
The other was similar to an Orange-Spotted Trevally [Carangoides bajad] or a Yellow Spotted Trevally [ Carangoides fulvoguttas] but without the orange/yellow spots. The tail was definitely yellow though. The thing that confused me was (we got 3 of these) the meat was all red and tuna-like in consistency, appearance, and it even tasted like a type of tuna... ??? (very tasty)
About the fish:
They were VERY lively, and hard fighters. These were taken in 12-15 m but they were schooling in groups of 40-60 fish in water from 12m down to max depth of 35m (this was a largish wreck). They all weighed between ... 6.5 KG (the one pictured here) and about 11/12 kg.
...needless to say 40-60 of these coming at 2 guys who are bored and about to call it a day got the adrenaline going