Blue warehou

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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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Centrolophidae
Genus: Seriolella
Species:
S. brama
Binomial name
Seriolella brama
(Günther, 1860)
Synonyms

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

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Web references

  1. ^ "Bluenose warehou". New Zealand Fishing News.
  2. ^ "Bluenose bully worth chasing". The Dominion Post. 22 February 2008. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

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