These fish exhibit a lot of variation in head and body shape as well as colour. Generally silvery with a bronzy coloured back, often displaying vertical patterns of mottling. These fish have a blunt head that lessons in degree as the fish ages and may show a yellow band down the side of the body.
May attain a maximum size of approximately 175 cm.
Inhabit coastal waters of NSW, commonly in and around reefs.
Similar to Kingfish and may often be confused with Amberjack.