- Common warehou
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Common warehou Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Centrolophidae Genus: Seriolella Species: S. brama Binomial name Seriolella brama
(Günther, 1860)The common warehou, Seriolella brama, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found off southern Australia and around New Zealand, at depths of between 50 and 400 m. Its length is up to about 75 cm.
The common warehou is not to be confused with the bluenose warehou (usually referred to simply as Bluenose in New Zealand, and bonita, big-eye or Griffin's Silverfish by others) which is a deepwater member of the warehou family.[1][2]
References
- ^ Fish NZ
- ^ "Bluenose bully worth chasing". The Dominion Post. 22 February 2008. http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4411430a24075.html. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Seriolella brama" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
Categories:- Centrolophidae
- Fish of Australia
- Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
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