| Bass groper | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Polyprionidae |
| Genus: | Polyprion |
| Species: | P. moeone |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyprion moeone Phillipps, 1927 |
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The bass groper, Polyprion moeone, is a wreckfish of the genus Polyprion, found around southern Australia, and New Zealand, at depths of between 30 and 800 m on rocky reefs on the upper continental shelf. Its length is between 60 and 200 cm.