The blue warehou (''Seriolella brama'') or common warehou is a

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of the

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'' Centrolophidae'' found off southern Australia and around

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, at depths of between 5m and 400m. Its length is up to about 75 cm. 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.

References

Web references Bibliography * * Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) {{DEFAULTSORT:Blue warehou Centrolophidae Marine fish of Eastern Australia Marine fish of Tasmania Marine fish of New Zealand Fish described in 1860 Taxa named by Albert Günther