- Parore
Taxobox
name = Parore
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Perciformes
familia =Kyphosidae
genus = "Girella "
species = "G. tricuspidata"
binomial = "Girella tricuspidata"
binomial_authority = (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)The parore (in
New Zealand ), or luderick, black bream, or blackfish (inAustralia ), "Girella tricuspidata", is asea chub of the family "Kyphosidae ", also closely related to the black drummer (rock blackfish), zebra fish and bluefish.It is found around eastern
Australia from southernQueensland toPort Phillip Bay in Victoria and occasionally the north eastern tip ofTasmania . InNew Zealand they are found around theNorth Island .They are usually encountered by spear and rod fisherman. They grow to 70 cm and weigh as much as 4 kg but those usually encountered are between 20 and 40 cm and between 0.5 and 1 kg. They live in harbours, estuaries, wave washed zones and rocky
reef areas, in depths of up to 4 m.The parore or luderick can range from a silver-grey colour to a dark bronze but always with around 10 to 12 dark grey vertical bars along the flanks, with the lower half of their head a dull yellow. An unusual feature is that the sexes have differently shaped teeth. They feed on
algae , particularly lettuce-leafseaweed , andcrab s,shrimp s, and worms, depending on whether they are on an open coast or in a river mouth or estuary.They are not generally fished for in New Zealand, the flesh regarded as inferior, but in
New South Wales anglers take them using lettuce-leaf seaweed or fine silken algae weed bait. Generally not a by-catch they are a relatively specialised angling target. They are also sold as net caught fish.References
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* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, "Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand", (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand1982 ) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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