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Silver warehou

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Silver warehou
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Centrolophidae
Genus: Seriolella
Species:
S. punctata
Binomial name
Seriolella punctata
Synonyms
  • Seriolella maculata (Forster, 1795)
  • Scomber punctatus Forster, 1801
  • Neptonemus dobula Günther, 1869
  • Neptonemus travaleCastelnau, 1872

The silver warehou, Seriolella punctata, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in the southern Indian and southern Pacific oceans, at depths of between 100 and 650 m. Its length is up to about 65 cm.

References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Seriolella punctata". FishBase. March 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