Parore

Parore
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Kyphosidae
Genus: Girella
Species:
G. tricuspidata
Binomial name
Girella tricuspidata
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Synonyms[1]
  • Doydixodon australis Thominot, 1881
  • Aplodon margaritiferum Thominot, 1883
  • Boops tricuspidatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

The parore (Girella tricuspidata) also known as luderick, black bream, black snapper or blackfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae which is found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean off Australia and New Zealand. Parore or paraore is the common name in New Zealand but in Australia luderick is preferred.

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Girella tricuspidata". FishBase. December 2019 version.