Snook are a prized eating species across southern Australian where it occurs in bays and estuaries.

Locally very common from hard up against the rocky shore line near Tomahawk Island to across the grass beds throughout the bay.

At a glance

Habitat Reef edges that adjoin patchy seagrass and sand
Size Can grow up to 110cm
Origin Native
Distribution Southern Australia From WA to NSW including Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Southern Australia From WA to NSW including Tasmania
Habitat
Reef edges that adjoin patchy seagrass and sand
Size
Can grow up to 110cm

Identification

A silvery green barracuda becoming silver to white below, with greenish or pale yellowish-green fins the body is very slender, almost cylindrical, with a protruding lower jaw, a large mouth containing fang-like teeth, two widely separated short based triangular dorsal fins, and a short based triangular anal fin.
Common Name Snook
Aliases Australian barracuda, arrow barracuda, pike, shortfin barracuda,
Origin Native
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
SuperclassGnathostomata
ClassActinopterygii
SubclassEuteleostei
SuperorderAcanthopterygii
OrderPerciformes
SuborderScombroidei
FamilySphyraenidae
GenusSphyraena
SpeciesSphyraena novaehollandiae
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