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Common names: White warehou
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Last, P.R. and J.G.K. Harris, 1981
Importance: commercial | Ref: Vlieg, P., 1984
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from bottom trawls off the east coast of South Island (Ref. 58461). Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ. Also Ref. 45493.
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: https://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan, 1989
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Centrolophidae (Medusafishes)
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Common names from other countries

Cojinoba del sur, White trevalla, Silver warehou, ... more

Main reference

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. (Ref. 9002)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 65.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27363); common length : 40.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27363); max. published weight: 6.0 kg (Ref. 27363); max. reported age: 12 years (Ref. 31614)

Environment

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 1 - 800 m (Ref. 9563), usually 1 - 200 m (Ref. 75154)

Climate / Range

Temperate, preferred 13°C (Ref. 107945); 33°S - 60°S, 140°E - 57°W

Distribution

Southwest Pacific: southern Australia and New Zealand (Ref. 9002). Southeast Pacific: Chile, including the Juan Fernandez Islands. Southwest Atlantic: Argentina.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 32-35; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 22 - 25

Adults demersal on the continental shelf and upper slope (Ref. 9563). Juveniles known from surface waters, commonly with jelly fishes.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5156 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.2 ±0.33 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tm=3-4)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
High

Seriolella caerulea Guichenot, 1848