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'', found only around

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, and around the

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at depths of between 100 and 500 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=Q2592562 Percophidae Endemic marine fish of New Zealand Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan Fish described in 1914