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One of the smaller Threadfins, and often termed Puttynose by South Queensland anglers, the Striped Threadfin is usually a dull golden colour, darker on the back and with prominent dark lines running back along the rows of scales. It reaches about 480 mm (19 inches); fish 300-330 mm (12 to 14 inches) in length are often taken by anglers during midsummer in South Queensland estuaries and rivers, using prawn or cut fish baits.
It takes the name “Puttynose” from the transparent, softish tissue over the snout.
This is a good table fish, especially so if bled immediately after capture. The presence of 5 pectoral filaments assists in its identification; these are comparatively short, extending to the tips of the ventral fins, unlike the great trailing filaments of the Burnett Salmon, which reach almost to the commencement of the anal fin.
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