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LUDERICK FACTS |
Description
The Luderick is a popular angling species. It has an elegant shaped body, small mouth and triangular shaped tail. In marine waters it is blue and in estuaries it is a darker grey or brown. It has 11 or 12 bars on the side of the body fading to silver below. Ludericks are a fairly sedentary schooling fish.
Size
length to 71cm
Habitat
estuaries, mangroves, rocky reefs
Food
herbivorous and feed mainly on seagrasses, also filamentous algae, cabbage weed
Range
Western Pacific. In Australia found from southern Queensland to South Australia.
Classification
| Class: | Actinopterygii | | Order: | Perciformes | | Family: | Kyphosidae | | Genus: | Girella | | Species: | tricuspidata | | Common Name: | Luderick |
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