Kingdom Animalia Order Perciformes Genus Girella Higher classification Girella | Phylum Chordata Family Kyphosidae Scientific name Girella tricuspidata Rank Species | |
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Found in Lake Illawarra, Lake Macquarie Similar Girella, Sea chub, Surf bream, Platycephalus fuscus, Silver drummer | ||
Cooking parore
Girella tricuspidata, the parore (in New Zealand), or luderick, black bream, or blackfish (in Australia), is a species of sea chub native to coastal marine and brackish waters of southeastern Australia and New Zealand. They prefer rocky reefs, inshore habitats such as eelgrass beds, estuaries and mangrove swamps where they can be found down to depths of around 20 metres (66 ft). This species can reach a length of 71 centimetres (28 in) FL though most do not exceed 35 centimetres (14 in) TL. The maximum known weight of this species is recorded at 4 kilograms (8.8 lb). They have 11-12 fine dark tapering bars on a bluish-grey to greyish-brown body that fades to silvery-white below. It is commercially important and is also popular as a game fish.
