Hapuku Wreckfish

Found singly, or in small schools, around deepwater bommies, and over rough ground, in deepwater canyons, and reefs, from the central shelf edge, to upper slopes.
Juveniles found in schools, over surface waters, drifting with sargassum rafts.

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.