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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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The
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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The
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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1134:Nemadactylus macropterus
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386:Perth, Western Australia
1400:Pseudocaranx georgianus
891:Carcharhinus brachyurus
865:Hyperoglyphe antarctica
1777:Fish described in 1801
1325:Nemadactylus douglasii
1273:Aplodactylus arctidens
1234:Anguilla dieffenbachii
433:Conservation and usage
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1217:New Zealand eagle ray
1172:Chironemus marmoratus
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228:Amphiprion americanus
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1503:Polyprion_americanus
1490:Polyprion_americanus
1461:Polyprion americanus
1426:Colistium nudipinnis
1387:Epinephelus daemelii
1383:Spotted black groper
1351:Chelidonichthys kumu
1260:Girella tricuspidata
1086:Polyprion oxygeneios
1047:Rhombosolea tapirina
943:Colistium nudipinnis
829:Latridopsis ciliaris
796:Rhombosolea retiaria
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551:Polyprion americanus
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470:Polyprion americanus
362:Macaronesian Islands
279:Polyprion americanus
190:Polyprion americanus
1338:Pseudophycis bachus
1312:Caprodon longimanus
1211:Genypterus blacodes
1066:Grey spiny dogfish/
1040:Greenback flounder/
1027:Gilthead sea bream/
982:Callorhinchus milii
956:Coryphaena hippurus
904:Epigonus telescopus
884:Bronzewhaler shark/
757:Engraulis australis
637:Fishes of Australia
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404:Habitat and biology
51:Conservation status
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995:Lepidopus caudatus
917:Galaxias maculatus
878:Colistium guntheri
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1372:pohuiakaroa
1266:Marblefish/
1180:pihapiharau
923:Conger eel/
835:Blue shark/
763:Barracouta/
687:"Wreckfish"
668:11 December
606:"Wreckfish"
497:19 November
423:bony fishes
321:dorsal fins
315:Description
287:bass groper
223:Poggi, 1881
138:Perciformes
18:Bass groper
1761:Categories
1406:Trumpeter/
1147:Zeus faber
1140:John Dory/
1103:mangoopare
988:Frostfish/
962:Eagle ray/
591:1855853647
450:References
394:Queensland
329:caudal fin
283:stone bass
1695:wreckfish
1393:Trevally/
1292:Pilchard/
1281:purumorua
1165:Kelpfish/
990:taharangi
964:whai repo
873:patikinui
858:Bluenose/
825:Blue moki
814:taketonga
562:10 August
416:swordfish
411:territory
374:Argentina
337:operculum
262:Phillipps
202:Schneider
166:Species:
159:Polyprion
104:Kingdom:
98:Eukaryota
1630:10938190
1586:FishBase
1565:46578882
1523:BioLib:
1470:Wikidata
1408:kohikohi
1370:Scarpee/
1346:kumukumu
1331:Red cod/
1294:mohimohi
1279:Pigfish/
1206:hokarari
1178:Lamprey/
1167:hiwihiwi
1129:tarakihi
1055:hopuhopu
1014:Gemfish/
1001:Garfish/
977:reperepe
951:mahimahi
750:Anchovy/
580:(1992).
533:FishBase
398:Tasmania
325:anal fin
211:Synonyms
144:Family:
118:Chordata
114:Phylum:
108:Animalia
94:Domain:
71:IUCN 3.1
1604:5211265
1476:Q235822
1419:Turbot/
1357:Roughy/
1154:Kahawai
1116:hauture
1079:Groper/
1042:paatiki
837:poutini
693:2 April
646:2 April
612:2 April
304:in the
204:, 1801)
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1526:126999
1511:ARKive
1421:patiki
1395:araara
1359:patohe
1255:parore
1193:hiriri
1142:kuparu
1081:hapuku
1068:koinga
1029:tamure
1016:tikati
1003:takeke
938:patiki
912:īnanga
871:Brill/
860:matiri
778:moeone
765:mangaa
608:. NOAA
588:
427:sharks
306:family
297:, and
291:marine
264:, 1927
253:, 1829
242:, 1824
1739:WoRMS
1656:43972
1625:IRMNG
1573:EUNIS
1552:4LKMD
1539:15173
1320:porae
1204:Ling/
1092:Hake/
925:koiro
899:akiwa
886:toiki
251:Costa
198:Bloch
1713:OBIS
1690:NOAA
1677:NCBI
1651:IUCN
1638:ITIS
1599:GBIF
1534:BOLD
1333:hoka
1307:mata
1268:keke
1242:mako
1094:kehe
695:2020
670:2020
648:2020
614:2020
586:ISBN
564:2023
499:2021
482:2003
440:IUCN
380:and
364:and
273:The
200:and
1664:NBN
1591:349
1560:EoL
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