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Australia, Africa, India, Pakistan, China and Japan. Adults are gregarious and are found over soft bottoms mainly beyond the surf zone, occasionally going inshore. Juveniles are exclusively found in shallow water and sometimes
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is a large, slender fish which can grow to 2 m (6 ft 7 in). It has a copper-colored head and is silvery with a bronze-green dorsal surface and paler belly. It has a row of distinctive white spots running along the lateral line. The caudal fin is angular in juveniles but becomes more
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278:in Pakistan. The name jewfish refers to its large
232:Dusky Kob, dusky salmon, salmon, Kob and kabeljou'
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723:"Diet and trophic characteristics of mulloway (
721:Giates, George C; Ye, Qifeng (September 2015).
769:"Sea Fishing Trips & Tips – All About Kob"
676:Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
697:"How to catch Sydney Harbour daytime Jewfish"
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570:(Temminck & Schlegel 1844)"
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286:Description
161:Argyrosomus
1027:Categories
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656:2020-08-22
616:2019-11-02
596:"Mulloway"
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467:References
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228:Sciaenidae
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120:Chordata
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