It may occurs as far west in South Australia as the Point Drummond on the western coast of the Eyre Peninsula.

[1] The red moki is carnivorous and it feeds on a variety of benthic invertebrates, such as gastropods, bivalves, crustaceans, polychaetes and small sea urchins.

[6] The banded morwang is highly territorial with complex spawning behaviour and low fecundity.

[7] The red moki is targeted by commercial and recreational fisheries using large mesh gillnets in Tasmania.

They form a minor proportion of the bycatch in scalefish and shark fisheries managed by the Australian Government.

They are also taken regularly by spear fishers across its range, bit it is less frequently landed by recreational rod and line fishermen.

Since the sampling programme began there has been a significant reduction in the size of the fish and a simplification of the age structures of the population.

This may mean that the stock’s ability to replenish itself is reduced as an individual has fewer spawning seasons it is able to take part in.