Description

Also known as Atlantic Wreckfish, Bass, Bass Grouper, European Wreckfish, Hapuka, Hapuka Cod, Longnose Hapuku, Moeone, Sea Rock Perch, Stone Bass, Wreck Bass.

Found singly, or in small schools, often in deep waters, in and around caves and shipwrecks.
They feed on cephalopods, crustaceans, and benthic fish.
Length - 200cm
Depth - 40-600m
Worldwide

Wreck fish are found deep on the oceans bottom and are an important game fish as well as being fished commercially in various countries around the world. Ref: http://www.fishbase.org/summary/349