Mangrove Jack

  • greenish brown to reddish
  • juveniles have pale bars on the sides of the body and one or two blue lines on the cheeks
  • occurs in tropical and some warm temperate marine waters of the Indo-West and Central Pacific
  • in Australia it is known from the central coast of Western Australia, around the tropical north of the country and south to New South Wales.
  • juveniles usually live in mangrove estuaries and freshwater streams
  • adults live on deeper offshore reefs down to depths of at least 100 m