Marble Fish / Stinky Groper - Family Aplodactylidae
 

Introduced Species

Other Fish sites:

Conger Eel

Red rock cod

Pipefish, Seahorse, Seadragon

Gurnard

Flathead

Barber Perch

Cardinal fish, Gobbleguts

Marble Fish /Stinky Groper

Jackass Morwong

Bastard Trumpeter 

Stripey Trumpeter

Blue Throat Wrasse

Purple Wrasse

Rock Whiting

Stargazer

Greenback Flounder

Leatherjacket

Cowfish

Porcupine (Globe) Fish

 

  • Kingdom Animalia
  • Phylum Chordata
  • Class Osteichthyes - Bony Fish
  • Family Aplodactylidae - Sea Carps
  • Aplodactylus arctidens - Marble Fish, Stinky Groper
  • Aplodactylus arctidens - Marble Fish
    (Edgar, 1997)
    Habitat: Exposed reef; 1 – 40 m depth
    Distribution: SA to Vic and around Tasmania (also NZ)
    Maximum Size: Length to 600 mm
    Diet: Seaweed
    Comments:
    Found in large numbers among kelp plants on shallow coastal reefs. Small commercial catch exported live from Tasmania to Sydney markets, although it is difficult to believe anyone could eat this fish with the flesh light green and a ripe smell.