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Oreosomatidae
warty oreo
Allocyttus verrucosus
Silver juveniles become black deepwater adults
- Northern Hemisphere
- Southern Hemisphere
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Oceania
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
Northern Hemisphere
Marine fish
Africa
Deep-bodied
Mediumwarty oreo is known from Eastern Atlantic as a migratory fish. It occurs in deep water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Dories
- Family
- Oreosomatidae
- Genus
- Allocyttus
- Maximum length
- 42.5 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: off Mauritania, Gulf of Guinea, Namibia and South Africa. Western Atlantic: off Suriname, southern Brazil and Uruguay. Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique Channel, Walters Bank. Eastern Indian Ocean: East Indian and West Australian Ridge, Australia. South Pacific: New Zealand and off Chile. Records from the North Pacific belong to Allocyttus folletti . Also Ref. 26139 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
