Description

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Common Names

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Boot , English , Australia

Eastern wirrah , English , Australia

Meat wirrah , English , Australia

Mother-in-law fish , English , Australia

Peppermint cod , English , Australia

Wirrah , English , Australia

Wirrah cod , English , Australia

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Serranoidei

Family: Anthiadidae

Genus: Acanthistius

Species: Acanthistius ocellatus (Günther, 1859)

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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Southwest Pacific.

Biology

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Occurs inshore (Ref. 7300). Benthic (Ref. 75154).

Habitat

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associated