Common warehou
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| 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 similar in shape to the trevally, and has a forehead that becomes more abruptly rounded as the fish increases in size. The pectoral fins are long and pointed, reaching back past the origin of the anal fin.
Body colour is dark blue-green above, silver-white below, with black tinges on the head and a prominent dark patch behind the top edge of the operculum.
They feed mainly on salps but also takes euphausiids, krill, crabs and small squid.
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]
[edit] References
- "Seriolella brama". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. March 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- 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
- [2] Fish NZ
- [3]NZ Fishing News
