Also known as:
Blackfish
Black bream
Darkie
Nigger
Nigger Fish
Pacific bream
Parore
Rockperch
Common Group Name:
Drummers, Parore
Family Name:
Kyphosidae
Genus Name:
Girella
Species Name:
Girella tricuspidata
Dispatch Method:
The eating qualities of these fish can be 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:
- Normal colouration for luderick is kakhi green to brown, or bluish-grey, with up to 11-12 thin tapering vertical bars on the side of the body, which fade to silvery below.
- Male fish mature in their third year at around 22-25 cm while females usually mature at a slightly larger size at around 26 cm.
- A 30 cm luderick is probably around 5 years old, while a 40 cm fish may be upwards of 15 years old.
Fish Distribution:
- Luderick occur in estuaries and nearshore rocky reefs from South east Queensland to Tasmania and east to New Zealand.
- Because of their diet of mainly algae, they are usually found associated with weedy habitats.
Fish Size Common Length:
25-30 cm, maximum size 70 cm and 4 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.
