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| Girella tricuspidata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) |
The parore (in New Zealand), or luderick, black bream, or blackfish (in Australia), Girella tricuspidata, is a sea chub of the genus Girella, found around eastern Australia and the North Island of New Zealand to depths of a few metres, in harbours and estuaries, and rocky reef areas. Its length is between 20 and 40 centimetres. The parore is silver-grey with about 10 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-leaf seaweed, and crabs, shrimps, 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 bait and they are also sold as net-caught fish.
References
- Girella tricuspidata (TSN 169518). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 19 March 2006.
- "Girella tricuspidata". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
