Blue warehou
The blue warehou (Seriolella brama) or common warehou is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found off southern Australia and around New Zealand, at depths of between 5m and 400m. Its length is up to about 75 cm.
| Blue warehou | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Centrolophidae |
| Genus: | Seriolella |
| Species: | S. brama |
| Binomial name | |
| Seriolella brama (Günther, 1860) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Neptomenus brama Günther, 1860 | |
The blue 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
- "Bluenose warehou". New Zealand Fishing News.
- "Bluenose bully worth chasing". The Dominion Post. 22 February 2008. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, 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, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
Non-endemic fish of New Zealand | ||
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