A good catch from northern New South Wales across southern mainland Australia to Western Australia including South Australia. Often caught in Northern Tasmania the kingfish is anecdotally considered to be getting more common in southern Tasmania in recent years.

Yellowtail kingfish are streamlined, schooling fish which grow to a large size. Dark blue-green with a yellow stripe along the length of their bodies.

AKA: Kingies
Family: CARANGIDAE, known as trevallies
Habitat: Open water
Size: Up to 2 to 2.5 metres
Image: Peter Gouldthorpe
Log it: Log them if you spot them south of Maria Island.

Species names on the Redmap site are based on the Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota or CAAB (http://www.cmar.csiro.au/caab/). This is updated regularly and lists the approved common name, family, species name and more.

• Australian Marine Life: The Plants and Animals of Temperate Waters by G. J. Edgar, Revised (2008) Reed Books, Melbourne
   
• Fishes of Australia’s Southern Coast, Edited by M. Gomon. D. Bray and R. Kuiter (2008) Reed Books, Melbourne
   
• Fishes of Tasmania by P. Last, E. Scott and F. Talbot (1983). Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority, Hobart