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Australian herring
| Australian herring | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Arripidae |
| Genus: | Arripis |
| Species: | A. georgianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Arripis georgianus (Valenciennes, 1831)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Centropristes georgianus Valenciennes, 1831 | |
The Australian herring (Arripis georgianus), also known as the ruff, tommy ruff, or Australian ruff, is one of four Australasian fish species within the genus Arripis. It closely resembles its sister species, the Australian salmon, although it grows to a smaller size.[2] Like the other members of its genus, it is found in cooler waters around the southern coast of Australia.[3] It is not biologically related to the herring family Clupeidae.
In Australia, additional vernacular names used for this fish include bull herring, herring, rough, ruffies, sea herring, tommy, tommy rough and South Australian roughy. Ruff is the global fisheries name used by the Food and Agriculture Organization.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Fishbasewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ * Juvenile Eastern Australian Salmon video on Youtube
- ^ * Dianne J. Bray, 2011, Australian Herring, Arripis georgianus, in Fishes of Australia, accessed 10 Sep 2014, http://www.fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/405
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