Yelloweye Redfish, Centroberyx australis Shimizu & Hutchins 1987
A Yelloweye Redfish, Centroberyx australis. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial
A deep-bodied species with a bright yellow eye and a white spot on each body scale forming narrow horizontal lines or stripes along the side; dorsal, anal and caudal fins reddish, with an intense broad red stripe on each caudal fi lobe; pectoral fins mostly transparent, pelvic fins whitish.
The Yelloweye Redfish is often mistaken for the Redfish, Centroberyx affinis.
Yelloweye Redfish, Centroberyx australis Shimizu & Hutchins 1987
More Info
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Distribution |
Recorded in Australia from the Great Australian Bight, South Australia, to Muiron Island off North West Cape, Western Australia. |
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Fisheries |
Taken by handline and bottom trawl. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2017 |
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Resources |
Yelloweye Redfish, Centroberyx australis Shimizu & Hutchins 1987
References
Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs.
Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp.
Kuiter, R.H. 1994. Family Berycidae. pp. 392-398 figs 352-357 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs.
Roberts, C.D. & Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Berycidae. pp. 415-419 in Gomon. M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp.
Shimizu, T. & Hutchins, J.B. 1987. New Australian fishes. Part 21. A new species of Centroberyx (Berycidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 48(1): 89-90 DOI: https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.1987.48.21 PDF available, Open access
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp.
