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barrelfish (Hyperoglyphe perciformis)
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Centrolophidae

barrelfish

Hyperoglyphe perciformis

Centrolophid Fish from the Mediterranean Sea

  • Temperate
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Fusiform
  • Large
  • Temperate fish

barrelfish is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Maximum length
91 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia in Canada to southern Florida in USA and eastern Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 7251 ). Eastern Atlantic: juveniles occasionally accompany floating objects across the Atlantic and have been recorded from Ireland, around the British Isles, off Portugal and the western Mediterranean.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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