Blue warehou
Species of ray-finned fish
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The blue warehou (Seriolella brama) or common warehou is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found off southern Australia and around New Zealand, at depths of between 5 m and 400 m. Its length is up to about 75 cm.
| Blue warehou | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Centrolophidae |
| Genus: | Seriolella |
| Species: | S. brama |
| Binomial name | |
| Seriolella brama (Günther, 1860) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Neptomenus brama Günther, 1860 | |
The blue warehou is not to be confused with the bluenose warehou (usually referred to simply as bluenose in New Zealand, and bonita, big-eye or Griffin's silverfish by others), which is a deepwater member of the warehou family.[1][2]
