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Family: Polyprionidae Wreckfishes

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4 species (see list below)

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Photo by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP

Polyprion americanus
[Wreckfish]

Photo by SeaFIC

Polyprion oxygeneios
[Hapuku wreckfish]

No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 200 cm TL

Stereolepis doederleini
[]

Photo by John Warren

Stereolepis gigas
[Giant seabass]

4 Species of Family Polyprionidae
(Wreckfishes)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1801	Polyprion americanus	Wreckfish	Eastern Atlantic	210 TL
1801	Polyprion oxygeneios	Hapuku wreckfish	Circumglobal in southern	160 TL
1969	Stereolepis doederleini		Northwest Pacific	200 TL
1859	Stereolepis gigas	Giant seabass	Eastern Pacific	250 TL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Polyprionidae Wreckfishes(See list of species below)

Family: Polyprionidae Wreckfishes

(See list of species below)