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Silver Sweep
Scorpis lineolata Kner, 1865
A Silver Sweep at a depth of 20 m, Bowen Island, Jervis Bay, New South Wales, March 2001. Photo © E. Schlögl. View larger image.
The Silver Sweep is a relatively deep-bodied fish with a small oblique mouth. It has long-based dorsal and anal fins that lack prominent lobes.
The species is greyish, blue-grey or green-grey above and silver-grey below. The margin of the operculum and pectoral fin bases are blackish.
It grows to about 37 cm in length.
The Silver Sweep occurs at depths from 1 m to 30 m on rocky reefs in temperate marine waters of Australia and New Zealand.
In Australia it is known from southern Queensland, to the central coast of Victoria and around Tasmania. It has very uncommonly been recorded from as far west as South Australia.
View a map of the collecting localities of specimens in the Australian Museum Fish Collection.
This species has also been called False Pompano, Sweep and Trumps.
Related links
- Sea Sweep fact sheet
- View the Mados, Sweeps and Stripy list
Further reading
- Hutchins, B. & R. Swainston. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete Field Guide for Anglers and Divers. Swainston Publishing. Pp. 180.
- Kuiter, R.H. in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & R.H. Kuiter (Eds). 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. State Print, Adelaide. Pp. 992.
- Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. New Holland. Pp. 433.
- Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Gary Allen. Pp. 437.
