|
(Click for large pic. 51Kb)
The Leatherskin is a compressed, bright-silvery fish common in our northern coastal waters and extending south to Moreton Bay. It reaches a length of at least 1.0 m (40 inches) and a weight of 11 kg (25 lb.). A good sport-fish, biting readily on fish baits, fresh-caught fish are particularly good eating; unfortunately, the flesh tends to deteriorate rapidly under poor storage conditions, becoming rather dry and insipid.
The skin is leathery and rough to the touch, with lance-shaped embedded scales; for this reason it is best skinned before cooking. The silvery background of the body carries a single row of five to seven (rarely eight) dusky blotches above the lateral line.
|
)
