| Wreckfish | |
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| Atlantic wreckfish, Polyprion americanus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acropomatiformes |
| Family: | Polyprionidae Bleeker, 1874 |
| Genus: | Polyprion Oken, 1817 |
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The wreckfish are a small group of ray-finned fish in the genus Polyprion, belonging to the monotypic family Polyprionidae in the order Acropomatiformes.
They are deep-water marine fish and can be found on the ocean bottom, where they inhabit caves and shipwrecks (thus their common name). Their scientific name is from Greek poly meaning "many" and prion meaning "saw", a reference to their prominent spiny fins.
Atlantic wreckfish (Polyprion americanus) are a long-lived commercial species in the Mediterranean, the south-eastern Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean.
Taxonomy
There are two species:
- Polyprion americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Atlantic wreckfish)
- Polyprion oxygeneios (Schneider & Forster, 1801) (Hāpuku)
The genera Lateolabrax and Stereolepis have previously been classified in Polyprionidae, but they are currently placed in their own monogeneric families Lateolabracidae and Stereolepididae.
References
- Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Polyprionidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- "Wreckfish". British Sea Fishing. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Polyprion americanus". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- Sedberry, George R.; et al. (1999). "Wreckfish Polyprion americanus in the North Atlantic: fisheries, biology, and management of a widely distributed and long-lived fish" (PDF). American Fisheries Society Symposium. 23: 27–50. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Polyprionidae". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Lateolabricidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stereolepididae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
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