A friend of mine, who was an exchange student here in California sent me these pictures of him spear fishing at his hometown in Okinawa...he translates it as a sea bream...either way I need go go there now! Please contribute to my travel fund so I can go 😆😆😆😆😆. Bill
well, you're on the same body of water
just cast really, really, really far ;D
Looks like a parrot fish?
That's a really cool looking fish,,,,,,,,, 8)
Maybe it is a Chameleon Fish since it's colors matches your Friends outfit or your Friend Camouflaged himself to Sneak up on the Fish ???
Looks like a wrasse to me. The sea bream ("tai" in Japanese lingo) I know of is a porgy.
I have a buddy who lives in Naha - he took me snorkeling over there. Pretty amazing.
Back in the day one of his uncles took us fishing on the family boat...using hand lines!
Quote from: philaroman on September 14, 2021, 01:47:25 AM
well, you're on the same body of water
just cast really, really, really far ;D
Think my Squidder will make it..... 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Can't see the mouth in the photo but it could be a parrotfish.
It's a parrot. They taste fantastic- whiteist meat of any fish I ever caught.
Definitely uhu/parrotfish which I have speared in Hawaii. In Hawaii, I only consider the ponuhunuhu/starry eyed parrotfish delicious. The other uhu have a strong seaweed/coral taste/smell, but others enjoy them. Interesting, they cover themselves with a mucus coccoon when they sleep at night. Uhu can be cought on hook-and-line using special bait.
Quote from: thorhammer on September 14, 2021, 12:16:04 PM
It's a parrot. They taste fantastic- whiteist meat of any fish I ever caught.
Quote from: oc1 on September 14, 2021, 04:04:32 AM
Can't see the mouth in the photo but it could be a parrotfish.
Quote from: Swami805 on September 14, 2021, 02:03:25 AM
Looks like a parrot fish?
I support the opinion, mainly tropical fish.
Could be a wrasse with that coloration, but that's a bad way to I'd. fish. Really looks like a parrot fish. Got a few of them over relatively shallow reefs on jigs but not often enough as they are good fighters.
Parrot fish are wrasses. These guys eat reefs, or more importantly; they eat the algae that lives on coral. When you dive with them you can hear them biting the reef. I've never ate one but you can get them at some of the Asian markets here in Southern California. If you go to an area like Little Saigon you will see them in the frozen seafood section. They're easily identifiable because the are whole and retain their bright color even after they are dead and frozen. Maybe I'll have to try one next time I see them.
-Mike
yep, a parrotfish, they're good fighters for sure but IMO they dont taste that good to be a keeper, my daughter caught one some years ago and we took it home, tried it out but after that I have never keep a parrotfish ever, also local sealife Gov departments recommend us to dont kill parrofish because they keep the Coral-reefs in good shape.
PS: she's now almost finishing University :D
Here in Florida we catch hog fish,also called hog snapper. They are in the wrasse family. Definitely one of the best eating fish we catch.
Quote from: steelfish on September 14, 2021, 04:31:31 PM
yep, a parrotfish, they're good fighters for sure but IMO they dont taste that good to be a keeper, my daughter caught one some years ago and we took it home, tried it out but after that I have never keep a parrotfish ever, also local sealife Gov departments recommend us to dont kill parrofish because they keep the Coral-reefs in good shape.
PS: she's now almost finishing University :D
That thing could eat coral algae through a knot hole in a fence!
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Here they have been making a big deal about not killing parrotfish. As it turns out, much of the island's sand is created by parrotfish chewing up coral. Saving the parrotfish is like saving the sunbathing beaches.
Besides, our local parrotfish can have ciguatera like most of the other reef fish.
Hmmm, have yet to kill one, good to know, now I won't.
Parrotfish. In Florida they fall under the "marine life" regulations and can only be harvested alive for aquarium use and must be under 12". They do, however, allow them to be imported as food product as they are quite popular among certain ethnic communities especially Jamaicans.
As mentioned earlier, the Japanese Sea Bream is a type of Porgy. They look a lot like the Red Porgies we have in Florida.