Polyprionidae

hāpuku

Polyprion oxygeneios

One Hundred Sixty Centimeters Polyprionid Fish

• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Africa
• Oceania
• South America
• Fusiform
• Large
• Tropical fish

The hāpuku, hapuka or whapuku (Polyprion oxygeneios), also known as groper, is a wreckfish of the family Polyprionidae, found around southern Australia, southern South America, South Africa, Tristan da Cunha and New Zealand at depths between 30 and 800 m. Its length is between 60 and 180 cm, and it can weigh up to 100 kg. It is sometimes described locally as cod, although that properly refers to other fish.