What kind of animal is a mulloway?

The mulloway is a type of fish that is a member of the Sciaenidae family and the Argyrosomus genus.

1. What kind of fish is mulloway?
2. Is mulloway good to eat?
3. What does mulloway fish taste like?
4. Where are mulloway found?
5. Is mulloway a school fish?
6. Does mulloway eat salmon?
7. Are jewfish edible?
8. Do jewfish have teeth?
9. Can jewfish be farmed?
10. Is mulloway a butterfish?
11. What is an Australian mulloway?
12. What is a mulloway jewel?

What kind of fish is mulloway?

JEWFISH, also known as mulloway, have become such a sought-after and targeted species on the east coast of Australia. Their diverse availability from the brackish headwaters of estuaries to the more saline mouths and bays, rocks and beaches to offshore reefs only adds to the increasing popularity.

Is mulloway good to eat?

MULLOWAY is a well regarded eating fish with firm white flesh and few bones. Small fish are popular to roast or BBQ whole, but some can be soapy. Medium sized fish have a nice large flake and remain moist when grilled or fried. Larger fish can be dry and are better suited to soups, curries and other wet dishes.

What does mulloway fish taste like?

It has a mild, delicate flavour, though in certain areas it develops a pleasant salty, almost iodine, taste. Use mulloway thinly sliced as sashimi or in small dice as a "crudo" dressed with good olive oil and finely sliced fennel. Bake the whole fish, skin scored and rubbed with garlic and chopped herbs.

Where are mulloway found?

Mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus) are found in coastal waters from the Burnett River, Queensland, to North West Cape, Western Australia. Mulloway use both estuaries and marine habitats. Coastal development affects both estuaries and coastal waters, both of which are important habitat for mulloway.

Is mulloway a school fish?

These relatively cautious, schooling fish are best targeted using live or very fresh baits of whole or cut fish, squid and large prawns or bunches of marine worms such as beach worms. ... Persistence pays off when targeting mulloway, stick at it and eventually you'll land the trophy fish you're after.

Does mulloway eat salmon?

Sourcing fresh, quality baits is essential for use in the surf. Using re-frozen fillets or old pilchards just won't cut it with the fickle feeding habits of mulloway. ... Squid heads, whole squid, fresh salmon and silver trevally fillets, whole mullet and herring are all gun baits.

Are jewfish edible?

At that time, these fish were prized for both their size and their value as food. So, in answering the question can you eat Goliath grouper, we can say that, yes, they are edible, but catching them is illegal, so they aren't on the menu very often.

Do jewfish have teeth?

Now first of all jewfish don't bite and chew away as such, they generally attack from below and grasp their prey to crush the stomach and break the back from under with a vice like grip in their small, not so sharp "mouth teeth", aided by sheer jaw power alone rather by the type of teeth they have, before inhaling the ...

Can jewfish be farmed?

Theoretically, mulloway could be farmed in all regions where they occur naturally, which is the coastline of the southern half of Australia, from Rockhampton in Queensland around to North West Cape in Western Australia.

Is mulloway a butterfish?

The Australian Fish Names Standard

Have you ever caught a mulloway, a jewfish, a butterfish or even perhaps a river kingfish? These names have been used for a long time throughout Australia for the popular angling and food fish, known scientifically as Argyrosomus japonicus.

What is an Australian mulloway?

Mulloway is a large predatory fish widely distributed throughout inshore coastal marine and estuarine sandy and reef environments; and is targeted by commercial and recreational fisheries around subtropical and southern Australia.

What is a mulloway jewel?

A few pictures of some Mulloway also known as Jewfish jewels extracted by team member Jordan last week. The jewels which each fish have 2 of are known as ear bones or otoliths located inside the fish's skull. The purpose of these jewels inside the fish is still fairly unknown with only the larger species having them.