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Blue moki

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31: 475:. Juvenile blue moki are then found inshore in coastal rocky reefs; whereas adults tend to school offshore over open bottom areas. There are some adults that tend to remain on coastal reefs in shallower waters. Juvenile blue moki have been observed to prefer rocky-reef type habitats in shallow waters, most of the adult blue moki school offshore on sandy open bottom habitats but some adult blue moki do not join the schools and stay in the rocky-reef type habitats. 44: 2176: 483:
Blue moki grow at a rapid rate growing between 5–6 centimetres per year, growth potentially slows with fish between the age of 10–20 years reaching 60 centimetres and there have also been fish recorded at 33 years of age with them being over 80 centimetres long. Blue moki can weigh up to 10 kg.
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Blue moki is mostly caught on the east coast of New Zealand between Otara and Kaikōura it is a low value fishery. The commercial catch is caught as a bycatch of trawling and set netting for other target species. There are management practices in place for the blue moki fisheries such as a minimum
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Blue moki are a very popular fish targeted by recreational fishermen, they are caught in a variety of ways such as spearfishing, catching on the rod and reel and set netting like commercial fisheries they are legally required to be above 40 cm in length and a minimum set net mesh size of
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while adults mostly occur in offshore waters forming schools over open bottoms. Some solitary adults can be found on reefs. This species can reach a length of 80 centimetres (31 in) FL, though most do not exceed 63 centimetres (25 in)
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lasts about six months; from there juveniles are then found inshore in coastal rocky reefs, whereas adults tend to school offshore over open bottom areas. There are some adults that tend to remain on coastal reefs in shallower waters
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The blue moki reach sexual maturity at 40 centimetres which equates to 5–6 years of age. Migration occurs annually. It begins in May/June (Winter) when blue moki begin to travel from Kaikōura on the East Coast on the
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waters. The colouration of blue moki changes throughout its life time from juvenile to adolescences, their body colours change from green in juveniles to green/grey and through to blue/grey in large adults.
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in shape and size, but they differ in colour throughout the adult stage of their lives. Blue moki are known for their piercing colours, which is an array of pink and olive. A blue moki's
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Smith, P. J.; Roberts, C. D.; Benson, P. G. (2001). "Biochemical‐genetic and meristic evidence that blue and copper moki (Teleostei: Latridae: Latridopsis) are discrete species".
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Assessment of the scale of marine ecological effects of seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight: Zooplankton, fish, kai moana, sea birds, and marine mammals
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catch size of 40 cm, area restrictions on certain types of fishing methods and a minimum net size of 114mm for target set net fishing of blue moki
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is true to its name - they are dark blue/grey. They have a black edge to the caudal and soft dorsal fin. Blue moki belongs to the family
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and that there are traditional fishing grounds for blue moki where customary fishing practices took place in earlier times.
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amongst seaweeds, while adults prey on crabs, other crustaceans, shellfish and worms, which they suck from the sand or mud.
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Blue moki are rare in Australia but have been recorded from immediately south of Botany Bay near Sydney and from Tasmania.
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occur throughout mainland waters from the Three Kings Islands to the southern edge of the Snares Shelf, and at the
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Māori view blue moki as having special significance in community and life believing that blue moki spawn in
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at depths of 10 metres (33 ft) and greater. Juveniles inhabit inshore waters, preferring rocky
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is low. Moki are also caught recreationally through spear fishing and boat fishing in small catch.
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Despite the similarities in their common names, the blue moki are not closely related to the
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A checklist of the parasites of New Zealand fishes including previously unpublished records
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occurs from August to September. They then pass back by Kaikōura in October. The
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also consider fishing blue moki by set nets in the area a cultural offence.
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Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (25 February 2021).
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with the type locality given as New Zealand. In 1862 the American
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Past research has found that blue moki are an endemic species to
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in depths of 10–200 metres. Many adults take part in an annual
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114 mm. There is also a bag limit of 15 fish per person.
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means "with long lashes" , a name Forster did not explain.
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fished, this is why Humans are seen as one of blue moki's
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up to the only known spawning ground for blue moki in
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It consumes a mouthful of turfing 407:Blue moki are widespread throughout 1194:"Latridopsis ciliaris summary page" 231:important and is also popular as a 1422:Industries, Ministry for Primary. 1128:. OECD Publishing. pp. 133–. 1125:OECD Economic Surveys: Norway 2010 337:Blue moki are very similar to the 214:and occasionally off southeastern 14: 282:The blue moki was first formally 2174: 411:. They are distributed from the 42: 1474:Non-endemic fish of New Zealand 882:"Genera in the family Latridae" 892:California Academy of Sciences 857:California Academy of Sciences 1: 1314:10.1016/j.fishres.2012.05.008 1236:10.1080/00288330.1981.9515896 1074:10.1080/00288330.1981.9515896 1028:10.1080/03014223.2003.9517756 989:10.1080/00288330.2001.9517009 567:. They also feed on juvenile 1378:. NIWA Technical Report 75. 1217:Francis, Malcolm P. (1981). 1051:Francis, Malcolm P. (1981). 691:Tubulovesicular angusticauda 455:Blue moki are found in the 431:hauls taken off shore from 2426: 1005:Roberts, Clive D. (2003). 540:, it then winnows out the 244:Cheilodactylus spectabilis 2172: 2025:Congiopodus leucopaecilus 1545:Macruronus novaezelandiae 1053:"Age and growth of moki, 718: 647: 314:and designated Forster's 195:) is a species of marine 170: 163: 144: 137: 39:Scientific classification 37: 28: 23: 2103:Paratrachichthys trailli 1960:Myliobatis tenuicaudatus 1873:Nemadactylus macropterus 1708:Myliobatis tenuicaudatus 827:. December 2013 version. 813:; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). 521:fishing reasons is low. 508:period of the blue moki 2139:Pseudocaranx georgianus 1630:Carcharhinus brachyurus 1604:Hyperoglyphe antarctica 737:Lepeophtheirus erecsoni 479:Lifecycle and phenology 378:Geographic distribution 295:Johann Reinhold Forster 2410:Fish described in 1801 2064:Nemadactylus douglasii 2012:Aplodactylus arctidens 1973:Anguilla dieffenbachii 1327:MacDiarmid, A (2015). 1057:(Teleostei: Latridae)" 843:"Species in the genus 788:Recreational fisheries 654:Genoliena dactylopagri 369:but is rarely seen in 302:Theodore Nicholas Gill 290:in 1801 by the German 2116:Helicolenus percoides 1956:New Zealand eagle ray 1911:Chironemus marmoratus 878:Eschmeyer, William N. 839:Eschmeyer, William N. 708:Cucullanellus sheardi 2229:Latridopsis_ciliaris 2200:Latridopsis ciliaris 2165:Colistium nudipinnis 2126:Epinephelus daemelii 2122:Spotted black groper 2090:Chelidonichthys kumu 1999:Girella tricuspidata 1825:Polyprion oxygeneios 1786:Rhombosolea tapirina 1682:Colistium nudipinnis 1568:Latridopsis ciliaris 1535:Rhombosolea retiaria 1134:10.1787/808847412487 1092:Latridopsis ciliaris 1055:Latridopsis ciliaris 817:Latridopsis ciliaris 779:Commercial fisheries 637:Mediavagina latridis 383:Natural global range 246:), a species in the 192:Latridopsis ciliaris 148:Latridopsis ciliaris 2077:Pseudophycis bachus 2051:Caprodon longimanus 1950:Genypterus blacodes 1805:Grey spiny dogfish/ 1779:Greenback flounder/ 1766:Gilthead sea bream/ 1721:Callorhinchus milii 1695:Coryphaena hippurus 1643:Epigonus telescopus 1623:Bronzewhaler shark/ 1496:Engraulis australis 1357:Parson, D. 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Index

A photograph showing a blue moki from New Zealand.
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Latridae
Latridopsis
Binomial name
J. R. Forster
Synonyms
ray finned fish
family
Latridae
Pacific Ocean
New Zealand
Australia
reefs
TL
commercially
game fish
red moki
genus
Cheilodactylus
New Zealand
Chatham Islands
Kermadecs
Auckland Islands

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