Swandives

OK, here’s a curly one. About two years ago I caught this fish off a jetty at the mouth of the Hinchenbrook Channel in Queensland, Australia. For two years, we’ve been trying to identify it. I have given up - for the life of me, I don’t know what it is. It’s not a hair tail, because it has a forked tail. When I caught it, I thought it might have been a barracuda, but it’s clearly not; the markings don’t seem right, it lacks that elongated nose and, in any case, look at that low-slung jaw. It did have sharp teeth though. It’s long and ribbon-like, which further adds to the confusion. The bloke at the fish shop didn’t have any idea and I’ve been unable to find a similar looking fish in any texts or internet images.

I am at a complete loss. So, if anybody can shed some light on the one, I’d be forever grateful!

For the record, it was caught using live herring (I think they were herring, but not 100%…some nice fishermen pulled in at the jetty at one point and gave us their leftover livies). And it went back in the water.