Fish identification needed

[Twiddler]

My son had a little dabble whilst on holiday in Lanzarote(or however you spell it) and caught this fish

Can anyone tell me what kind of fish it is please

[Omahayank]

looks like it came from an aquarium...sorry no help here.

[PlanktonBoy]

Looks like some kind of black bream

[Twiddler]

Originally Posted by PlanktonBoy

Looks like some kind of black bream

Exactly what I thought, although the stripes are not normally that pronounced.

[tcb]

Here you go Twiddler, happy hunting:

I had a quick look, a Grunt looks similar.

http://www.fishbase.org/identification/classlist.cfm

[fishypaul]

been searching through my books , ( i've got thousands of them ) and the best suggestions i can come up with are the ringed bream and the white bream, both are found in the mediterranean

[Norfolkboy]

Lovely looking fish, definitely some sort of bream

[Twiddler]

Thanks guys.....I agree with Paul, it does look like a kind of bream to me too, as it looks similar to our black bream.

[Vagabond]

Have only just come across this.

Definitely White Seabream Diplodus sargus sub-species cadenati

found from Gibraltar to Cape Verde (including Canary Islands)

I can't find a decent picture of the Canary subspecies, but here is a link to the other sub-spp, Diplodus sargus sargus which is very similar, and found in the Eastern Med and Black Sea. You need to scroll to the bottom of the page. The stripes are faint whilst the fish is swimming about, but become more pronounced when caught - ie its a sort of danger signal to its mates

http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com...gus_sargus.htm

Once you are south of the Bay of Biscay, there are lots of different sea breams with stripes, and lots more without !

[Twiddler]

Thank you Vagabond ........I'm sure my son is finally glad to find out what fish he caught.