ANIMAL SPECIES:Blue-eye Trevalla, Hyperoglyphe antarctica (Carmichael, 1818)
The Blue-eye Trevalla is a benthic species that is found on rocky seabeds in continental slope depths. Juveniles tend to be around the midwater to surface level. Highly regarded as a food fish.
Alternative Names/s
Many common names have been used for this species. These include the Big Eye, Big-eye Trevalla, Blue-eye, Blue-eye Cod, Blue-nose, Bluenose Warehou, Bonita, Bream Trevalla, Deep-sea Trevalla, Griffin's Silverfish, Sea Trevally, Stoney-eye and Trevalla.Identification
The Blue-eye Trevalla is a stout bodied fish with a blunt snout and small scales. It has two dorsal fins. The first has short, stout spines, and is joined by membrane to the base of the second dorsal fin, which is higher and longer based. The pectoral fins are falcate and the caudal fin is forked. The head has many small pores.
In life, this species is bluish grey above, grading to grey below. The fins are a dark metallic grey.
Size range
It grows to 1.4 m in length and a weight of 36 kg.Distribution
It occurs circumglobally in southern temperate marine waters.
In Australia it is known from off south-western Western Australia and off southern Queensland to the central coast of Victoria and Tasmania.
Distribution by collection data
Biomaps map of Blue-eye Trevalla specimens in the Australian Museum collection.
Habitat
The Blue-eye Trevalla is a benthic species that is found on rocky seabeds in continental slope depths.
Living with us
Economic/social impacts
The Blue-eye Trevalla is sometimes caught by long line and trawlers. It is an excellent eating fish.
Classification
- Species:
- antarctica
- Genus:
- Hyperoglyphe
- Family:
- Centrolophidae
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Subphylum:
- Vertebrata
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
References
- McDowall, R.M. in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & R.H. Kuiter (Eds). 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. State Print, Adelaide. Pp. 992.
- McDowall, R.M. 2001 Centrolophidae. Medusafishes (ruffs, barrelfishes). in Carpenter, K.E. & V.H. Niem (Eds). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 6. Bony Fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes and marine mammals. FAO, Rome. Pp. iii-v, 3381-4218.
- Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & R.D. Ward. 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook, an identification guide to domestic species. CSIRO Marine Research. Pp. 461.
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A Blue-eye Trevalla caught off Balina View full size
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A Close-up of a Blue-eye Trevalla caught off Balina View full size
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