Barrelfish (Hyperoglyphe perciformis)

Scientific name: Hyperoglyphe perciformis Mitchill, 1818

Barrelfish (Hyperoglyphe perciformis)

The Barrelfish (Hyperoglyphe perciformis) is a marine fish of the family Centrolophidae.

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. Probably a spring spawner. (see Ref 4542).

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Hyperoglyphe perciformis
Family
Centrolophidae (Medusafishes)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
91.0
Common length
30.0
Environment
Marine; pelagic-oceanic
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia in Canada to southern Florida in USA and eastern Gulf of Mexico. Eastern Atlantic: juveniles occasionally accompany floating objects across the Atlantic and have been recorded from Ireland, around the British Isles, off Portugal and the western Mediterranean.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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