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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Polyprionidae Wreckfishes

Genus: Polyprion

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2 species (see list below)

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Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 210 cm TL
Polyprion americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP
 
Polyprion americanus
[Wreckfish]

Photo by SeaFIC

Circumglobal in southern
Max. Length 160 cm TL
Polyprion oxygeneios (Schneider & Forster, 1801)

Photo by SeaFIC
 
Polyprion oxygeneios
[Hapuku wreckfish]
2 Species of Family Polyprionidae with Genus Polyprion
(Wreckfishes)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1801 Polyprion americanus Wreckfish Eastern Atlantic 210 TL
1801 Polyprion oxygeneios Hapuku wreckfish Circumglobal in southern 160 TL



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013