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on the bottom. It is thought that the
Atlantic wreckfish can live for as much as ninety years. They feed mainly on bottom-dwelling fish, squid and cuttlefish, but they will also take crustaceans and octopuses. They are probably best described as opportunistic, with one record of a ROV-camera filming
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Atlantic wreckfish is a commercially valuable species and is valued as a food fish in some parts of its range. Large wreckfish may be divided into steaks, while smaller fish are filleted or baked whole. In North and South America wreckfish are sold frozen in supermarkets or grocery stores or
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183 m). It is normally a solitary species but the adults gather to breed during the summer. The juveniles form shoals for protection from predators which swim and hunt small fish in mid-water. Once they attain a length of 50–75 centimetres (20–30 in) they become solitary and look for a
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Adult
Atlantic wreckfish occur in and around caves, over rocky substrates and areas with densely scattered boulders, natural reefs and shipwrecks, a habitat which has led to species' common name. The adults are deep water fishes which have been recorded at depths between 200 and 600 feet (61 and
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has a thick bony strut running horizontally at eye level which terminates in a spine. The back and flanks are dark brown in colour with darker spots and blotches fading to yellowish on the belly. They have also been described as being bluish grey on the back with a paler silvery sheen on the
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marketed fresh from fish counters. They are caught in trawler nets or by long lines and gill nets, or occasionally by small-scale fisheries which use rod and line. Overall the stock is assessed by the
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Atlantic wreckfish has a disjunct worldwide distribution. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Norway to South Africa, into the Mediterranean and including the
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are joined, the first has 11 spines with the final spine joined onto the second dorsal fin, which has 12 branched rays. The
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1123:Nemadactylus macropterus
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880:Carcharhinus brachyurus
854:Hyperoglyphe antarctica
1766:Fish described in 1801
1314:Nemadactylus douglasii
1262:Aplodactylus arctidens
1223:Anguilla dieffenbachii
422:Conservation and usage
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1206:New Zealand eagle ray
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217:Amphiprion americanus
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1415:Colistium nudipinnis
1376:Epinephelus daemelii
1372:Spotted black groper
1340:Chelidonichthys kumu
1249:Girella tricuspidata
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179:Polyprion americanus
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1200:Genypterus blacodes
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824:Blue shark/
752:Barracouta/
676:"Wreckfish"
657:11 December
595:"Wreckfish"
486:19 November
412:bony fishes
310:dorsal fins
304:Description
276:bass groper
212:Poggi, 1881
127:Perciformes
1750:Categories
1395:Trumpeter/
1136:Zeus faber
1129:John Dory/
1092:mangoopare
977:Frostfish/
951:Eagle ray/
580:1855853647
439:References
383:Queensland
318:caudal fin
272:stone bass
1684:wreckfish
1382:Trevally/
1281:Pilchard/
1270:purumorua
1154:Kelpfish/
979:taharangi
953:whai repo
862:patikinui
847:Bluenose/
814:Blue moki
803:taketonga
551:10 August
405:swordfish
400:territory
363:Argentina
326:operculum
251:Phillipps
191:Schneider
155:Species:
148:Polyprion
93:Kingdom:
87:Eukaryota
1619:10938190
1575:FishBase
1554:46578882
1512:BioLib:
1459:Wikidata
1397:kohikohi
1359:Scarpee/
1335:kumukumu
1320:Red cod/
1283:mohimohi
1268:Pigfish/
1195:hokarari
1167:Lamprey/
1156:hiwihiwi
1118:tarakihi
1044:hopuhopu
1003:Gemfish/
990:Garfish/
966:reperepe
940:mahimahi
739:Anchovy/
569:(1992).
522:FishBase
387:Tasmania
314:anal fin
200:Synonyms
133:Family:
107:Chordata
103:Phylum:
97:Animalia
83:Domain:
60:IUCN 3.1
1593:5211265
1465:Q235822
1408:Turbot/
1346:Roughy/
1143:Kahawai
1105:hauture
1068:Groper/
1031:paatiki
826:poutini
682:2 April
635:2 April
601:2 April
293:in the
193:, 1801)
143:Genus:
123:Order:
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1691:NZOR:
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1632:167914
1606:110001
1567:124096
1515:126999
1500:ARKive
1410:patiki
1384:araara
1348:patohe
1244:parore
1182:hiriri
1131:kuparu
1070:hapuku
1057:koinga
1018:tamure
1005:tikati
992:takeke
927:patiki
901:īnanga
860:Brill/
849:matiri
767:moeone
754:mangaa
597:. NOAA
577:
416:sharks
295:family
286:, and
280:marine
253:, 1927
242:, 1829
231:, 1824
1728:WoRMS
1645:43972
1614:IRMNG
1562:EUNIS
1541:4LKMD
1528:15173
1309:porae
1193:Ling/
1081:Hake/
914:koiro
888:akiwa
875:toiki
240:Costa
187:Bloch
1702:OBIS
1679:NOAA
1666:NCBI
1640:IUCN
1627:ITIS
1588:GBIF
1523:BOLD
1322:hoka
1296:mata
1257:keke
1231:mako
1083:kehe
684:2020
659:2020
637:2020
603:2020
575:ISBN
553:2023
488:2021
471:2003
429:IUCN
369:and
353:and
262:The
189:and
1653:NBN
1580:349
1549:EoL
1536:CoL
1487:AFD
1474:ADW
475:doi
431:as
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377:to
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