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Yellowtail kingfish

Seriola lalandi

Kingfish caught over the continental shelf. School of around 50 fish followed the hooked fish up.

Weight 2.500kg
Depth 480m
Seriola lalandi

About this species

Yellowtail kingfish are streamlined, schooling fish which grow to a large size and are blue-green with a yellow stripe along the length of their bodies.Kingfish were not always so common in Tasmania. Read more…

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