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Sea Carp

Nemadactylus valenciennesi

Also known as: Blue Morwong, Morwong, Queenfish, Queen Morwong, Queen Snapper, Southern Blue Morwong

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@MBP349 · Port Noarlunga, Australia · April 20231 / 1
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Overview

Found singly or in schools, around off-shore rocky reefs and over deep waters of the continental shelf.
Eastern Indian Ocean - Australia

They are fished commercially and for sport, considered an excellent table fish.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
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Behaviour
schoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Indian Ocean
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Found singly or in schools, around off-shore rocky reefs and over deep waters of the continental shelf.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCentrarchiformes
    5. familyCheilodactylidae
    6. genusNemadactylus
    7. speciesNemadactylus valenciennesi (Whitley, 1937)

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