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[ice]

I'm working on a mine site up in the north west in the middle of bloody nowhere and there's some fish in the man made bore water holding dams. The water quality looks fantastic as we use it for drinking. No idea how these little dudes got in here as there are pumps on either end. I'm sure its some local native fish and some of them are around 20cm in size. They are green in colour, have quite large eyes. I've got some ideas as to what they might be but I'm after some opinions?

Sorry for the crap pictures, they were hard to photo and i only had my phone.

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Enjoy!

[Ivan Sng]

Sorry, I don't have a clue, but this might help a bit...

http://freshwater.fi...au/default.aspx

[ice]

Looked at that already

[Tarpon]

Spangled grunter? they are everywhere up there

[Mr_docfish]

I think greenways grunter is the closest - even though they might not have been recorded that for south.... does not mean they can reach that area during floods or by human transfer.

my first thought was also spangled due to the locality...but these guys aren't as slim.

[ice]

My thoughts exactly! Glad you agree. Ill try and catch one sometime soon and wack up another picture for final ID.

[Mr_docfish]

while you are at it... grab some of those green plants..... they look like Aponogeton kimberlyensis..... love to get a hold of a couple.....

[ice]

Haha ill give it a go man.

[alex101]

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Edited by alex101, 03 January 2011 - 08:01 AM.

[ice]

Well i've managed to catch some thanks to my new fish trap net! Turns out they are actually spangled perch. Really great looking fish as you can see. I'll probably still see if i can bring some smaller ones home for the tank or pond, ive done some research and it looks like they are tough as nails.

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Hope ya enjoyed them.

-Dave

[Mr_docfish]

They look pretty much like spangled perch.... they are in good nick too... any pic of the plants in there?

[ice]

Nope, ill just grab some out if and when im allowed to take the fish home and let you know mate.

[Mr_docfish]

cheers mate.....