Leather Jacket

Scientific name
Parika scaber
Eating
Nice fish to eat, normally cooked skinned and gutted.
Habitat
Normally around area’s with weed cover.

Fishing
Not normally targeted, provides little fight when hooked.

Spearfishing
Not normally speared, very inquisitive fish and have been known to bite the occasional diver! Very easy fish to catch.

Photos property of Andrew MacDonald.

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