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Bluenose warehou

Hyperoglyphe antarctica

Classification

Hyperoglyphe antarctica, the Antarctic butterfish, bluenose warehou, deepsea trevally, blue eye trevalla, blue-eye cod, bluenose sea bass, or deep sea trevalla, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in all the southern oceans, at depths of between 40 and 1,500 m. Its length is up to about 140 cm, with a maximum published weight of 60 kg. Antarctic butterfish have a dark blue body above and lighter blue below with large eyes (another name for this fish is big eye).

Distribution

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