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Centrolophidae
Violet warehou
Schedophilus velaini
One Hundred Centimeters Centrolophid Fish of the South African Coast
Violet warehou is a marine fish from Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits deep water. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 100 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Centrolophidae
- Genus
- Schedophilus
- Maximum length
- 100 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea (Ref. 2683 ), St. Helena, Vema Seamount, Tristan da Cunha and South Africa. Western Indian Ocean: St. Paul and Amsterdam islands. Southwest Pacific: Australia (including Lord Howe Island), New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ) and Rapa Island. Southeast Pacific: Easter Island, Juan Fernandez Islands.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

