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Allocyttus verrucosus (Gilchrist, 1906)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 5 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 28 - 33; Anal spines: 2 - 3; Anal soft rays: 26 - 31. Adults blackish black in color; prejuveniles silvery, back greenish with large grey blotches that disappears at about 12 cm (Ref. 6548).

Common Names

  • Vortet oreo , Danish , Denmark
  • Black oreo , English , Namibia
  • Black oreo , English , UK
  • Oreo dory , English , Uruguay
  • Oxeye oreo , English , UK
  • Spiky oreo , English , UK
  • Warty dory , English , Australia
  • Warty dory , English , UK
  • Warty dory , English , Global
  • Warty oreo , English , Australia
  • Warty oreo , English , New Zealand
  • Warty oreo , English , Global
  • Warty oreodory , English , Australia
  • Süvapeetrikala , Estonian , Estonia
  • Ôme-matôdai , Japanese , Japan
  • 异海鲂 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 異海魴 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Piotrosz czarny , Polish , Poland
  • Bradavičasta grbavka , Slovene , Slovenia

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Zeiformes

    Family: Oreosomatidae

    Genus: Allocyttus

    Species: Allocyttus verrucosus (Gilchrist, 1906)

    Climate Zone

  • oceanodromous

    • Location

  • Eastern Atlantic: off Mauritania, Gulf of Guinea, Namibia and South Africa. Western Atlantic: off Suriname, southern Brazil and Uruguay. Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique Channel, Walters Bank. Eastern Indian Ocean: East Indian and West Australian Ridge, Australia. South Pacific: New Zealand and off Chile. Records from the North Pacific belong to Allocyttus folletti. Also Ref. 26139).

    • Biology

    Occurs on the continental slope (Ref. 9563), forming large shoals over rough ground near pinnacles and canyons (Ref. 6390). Juveniles are pelagic and inhabit oceanic waters in depths of less than 1000 m (Ref. 27230). They tend to be dispersed over smooth grounds (Ref. 6390). Feeds on shrimps, cephalopods, and fishes (Ref. 6548). The eggs float near the sea surface and the larvae also inhabit surface waters (Ref. 6390). Trawl catch rates for warty oreos, and for oreos in general, show no evidence of vertical migration during day or night (Ref. 27150), even though many of the planktonic species consumed by this species undergo daily migrations within the water column (Ref. 6390).

    Habitat

    bathypelagic