Bass groper
Appearance
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Bass groper | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
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Species: | P. moeone
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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 between 30 and 800 m on rocky reefs on the upper continental shelf. Its length is between 60 and 200 cm.
References
- "Polyprion moeone". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Polyprion moeone". FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8