an estuarine and rock fish, Girella tricuspidata, of Australia, usually black or dark brown in colour: a kind of blackfish
Also called: black bream
Word origin
C19: from a native Australian language
Examples of 'luderick' in a sentence
luderick
Luderick did move frequently to adjacent reefs, and occasionally to more distant reefs, however consistently returned to their release reef.
Adrian M. Ferguson, Euan S. Harvey, Matthew D. Taylor, Nathan A. Knott 2013, 'A Herbivore Knows Its Patch: Luderick, Girella tricuspidata, Exhibit Strong Site Fidelityon Shallow Subtidal Reefs in a Temperate Marine Park', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0065838. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Luderick also exhibited predictable patterns in movement between spatially distinct daytime and night-time core use areas.
Adrian M. Ferguson, Euan S. Harvey, Matthew D. Taylor, Nathan A. Knott 2013, 'A Herbivore Knows Its Patch: Luderick, Girella tricuspidata, Exhibit Strong Site Fidelityon Shallow Subtidal Reefs in a Temperate Marine Park', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0065838. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)