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'', found only around the subantarctic islands south of

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at depths of between 100 and 600 m. Their length is between 10 and 25 cm.

References

* * * Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) {{Taxonbar, from=Q2283721 Percophidae Taxa named by Joseph S. Nelson Fish described in 1979