Description
Four similar species are marketed as Queenfish, they all have long bodies, looking more like mackerels than like the other members of the Trevally family. Available wild caught they are free-swimming marine fish found in tropical, often quite shallow, waters of the continental shelf from Shark Bay (WA) to Batemans Bay (NSW). They are caught using gill nets, by lining and trolling.
Other Names
Deep Leatherskin, Double-spotted Queenfish, Giant Dart, Giant Leatherskin, Leatherskin, Needle-scaled Queenfish, Queenie, Skinny, Skinnyfish, Slender Leatherskin, Talang Queenfish.
Scientific Names:
1 – Scomberoides tol (Cuvier, 1832), ISSCAAP code: 37, Taxonomic code: 1702323104, Alpha code: OBJ, Family: Carangidae, Order: PERCOIDEI, FAO official common names: En – Needlescaled queenfish, Fr – Sauteur leurre, Sp – Jurel saltarín
2 – Scomberoides lysan (Forsskål, 1775), ISSCAAP code: 37, Taxonomic code: 1702323102, Alpha code: OBY, Family: Carangidae, Order: PERCOIDEI, FAO official common names: En – Doublespotted queenfish / Lesser Queenfish, Fr – Sauteur sabre, Sp – Jurel sable
3 – Scomberoides commersonnianus (Lacepède 1801), ISSCAAP code: 37, Taxonomic code: 1702323101, Alpha code: OBM, Family: Carangidae, Order: PERCOIDEI, FAO official common names: En – Talang queenfish / Giant Queenfish, Fr – Sauteur talang, Sp – Jurel saltador
Specification: Individual Quick Frozen (IQF)
Origin: Morocco, Oman, Iran
Fishing zone: FAO 34, FAO 37, FAO 51
Shelf life: 18 months
Packaging: Cardboard box, Net weight, kg: 20, 22, 24
M.O.Q: 1 x FCL (28 tons)