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Hyperoglyphe perciformis (Mitchill, 1818)

Description

Common Names

  • Tøndefisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Barrelfish , English , France
  • Barrelfish , English , Azores Is.
  • Barrelfish , English , UK
  • Barrelfish , English , USA
  • Ahven-kirnkala , Estonian , Estonia
  • Ahvenhüperoglüüf , Estonian , Estonia
  • Centrolophe épineux , French , France
  • Rouffe des épaves , French , France
  • Varelopsaro , Greek , Greece
  • Βαρελόψαρο , Greek , Greece
  • Rekaldsfiskur , Icelandic , Iceland
  • 美洲栉鲳 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 美洲櫛鯧 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 鱸形鰕鯧 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 鲈形鰕鲳 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Tønnefisk , Norwegian , Norway
  • Barel , Polish , Poland
  • Rufo derivante , Spanish , Spain
  • Svartfening , Swedish , Sweden

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Scombriformes

    Family: Centrolophidae

    Genus: Hyperoglyphe

    Species: Hyperoglyphe perciformis (Mitchill, 1818)

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

    Biology

    Lives in deep water over continental slopes. Adults in submarine canyons, young more widely found in surface layers and may occur at times close inshore docks. Young to 30 cm common in large groups during summer and autumn under floating boards, boxes and barrels. Does not associate with medusae. Adults probably schooling in depths but not on the bottom. Feed on small fishes and crustaceans; also sqiud and molluscs (Ref. 5951). Probably a spring spawner. (see Ref 4542).

    Habitat

    oceanic