wreckfish

wreckfish
/rek"fish'/, n., pl. wreckfishes, (esp. collectively) wreckfish.
a large brown fish, Polyprion americanus, of the sea bass family, inhabiting the Mediterranean Sea and tropical Atlantic Ocean, often occurring in groups near wrecks. Also called stone bass.
[1875-80; WRECK + -FISH]

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▪ fish
also called  stone bass (Polyprion americanus) 

      large, grayish fish of the family Polyprionidae (order Perciformes), found in the Mediterranean and in both sides of the Atlantic, generally in offshore waters. The wreckfish is deep-bodied, with a large head and jutting lower jaw, and attains a length and weight of about 2 metres (6.5 feet) and 36 kilograms (80 pounds) or more. It is named wreckfish because it often lives near floating lumber and other wreckage to feed on the fishes that, in turn, gather to feed on the small organisms found there.

      The name wreckfish is used to describe any member of the family Polyprionidae. The family, divided into five species separated into two genera (Polyprion and Stereolepis), includes the hapuka (P. moeone) and giant sea bass (S. gigas).

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