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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Polyprionidae (Wreckfishes)
Etymology: Polyprion: Greek, poly = a lot of + Greek, prion = saw (Ref. 45335).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 50 - 854 m (Ref. 52581). Subtropical, preferred 17°C (Ref. 107945); 28°S - 50°S, 180°W - 180°E

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Circumglobal in southern waters: (Ref. 7300): South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Kermadec I., Desventuradas Is., Juan Fernandez Is., Chile, north to southern Brazil, Tristan da Cunha.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 88.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 160 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 89467); common length : 100.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9258); max. published weight: 100.0 kg (Ref. 4537); max. reported age: 60 years (Ref. 41439)

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Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9

A deepwater species, occurs in seamounts (Ref. 89357). Adults occur generally over rough ground from the central shelf (about 100 m) to the shelf edge and down to the upper slope. Juveniles are found in surface waters, perhaps school in association with drifting weed. Feed on barracouta and pilchards, in addition to various bottom-dwelling fish. Are primary gonochorists (Ref. 58421). Preyed upon by sperm whales (Ref. 9072). It is taken by droplining down to 400 m, and is sometimes seen in the trawled catch. Utilized fresh and frozen; can be steamed, fried, broiled, boiled, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988). Severely overfished (Ref. 89357).

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Are primary gonochorists (Ref. 58421).

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Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 0.8125 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00757 - 0.01517), b=3.00 (2.90 - 3.10), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278): 4.5 ±0.77 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278): Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (tm=10-13; tmax=60).

Prior r = 0.24, 2 SD range = 0.13 - 0.44, log(r) = -1.43, SD log(r) = 0.3, Based on: 5 K, 2 tgen, 3 tmax, 2 Fec records

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (58 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

Polyprion oxygeneios (Schneider & Forster, 1801)