Also known as:
Sea carp
Queen fish
Queen morwong
Queen snapper
Queenfish
Southern blue morwong
Common Group Name:
Morwongs
Family Name:
Cheilodactylidae
Genus Name:
Nemadactylus
Species Name:
Nemadactylus valenciennesi
Dispatch Method:
The eating qualities of these fish is greatly improved if they are killed immediately by iki jime, or a firm knock to the head before placing them in an ice slurry after bleeding.
Fish Description:
- Colouration greenish blue dorsally with faint yellowish longitudinal stripes and a faint black blotch in the middle of the flank. Tail yellowish with blue edges. Several thin wavy yellow lines radiating around the upper eye.
- As slow growing, long lived species.
Fish Distribution:
- Occurs on offshore reefs of southern Australia from southern NSW to south Western Australia including Tasmania.
- Depth range from around 20 meters to over 200 meters.
Fish Size Common Length:
40-50 cm, maximum size around 90 cm and 6.5 kg.
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For assistance with identifying fishes, see fishesofaustralia.net.au. For information on size and bag limits, check out the website of your State Fisheries Department.
We thank fishesofaustralia.net.au and Australia's various Fisheries Departments for some of the thumbnail images used to assist with fish identification on this website and its applications, as licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia. Thanks also to Michigan State University and Georgia Aquarium for generous donation of xrays of some US fish species.
