Blue-eye Trevalla, Hyperoglyphe antarctica (Carmichael 1818)


Other Names: Antarctic Butterfish, Big Eye, Big-eye Trevalla, Blue Eye, Blue-eye, Blue-eye Cod, Bluenose, Blue-nose, Bluenose Bass, Bluenose Warehou, Bream Trevalla, Deep Sea Trevalla, Deepsea Trevalla, Deep-sea Trevalla, Griffin's Silverfish, Sea Trevally, Stoney-eye, Trevalla

A Blue-eye Trevalla, Hyperoglyphe antarctica, from a seamount in the Tasman Sea, May 2003. Source: Robin McPhee / NORFANZ Founding Parties. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:
A large bluish-grey fish fading to grey on the belly, with dark metallic grey fins, and large, deep blue eyes with a gold margin.

Video on CSIRO research into Blue-eye Trevalla

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Blue-eye Trevalla, Hyperoglyphe antarctica (Carmichael 1818)

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Distribution

Inhabits continental slope waters of southern and eastern Australia, and seamounts ridges and rises in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species is circumglobal in Southern Hemisphere waters. 
Adults are benthopelagic over deep reefs and rises on the continental slope, occurring near the bottom during the day, and moving up into the water column to feed at night. Juveniles inhabit  near-surface waters for the first two years of their life (to about 47 cm FL), sometimes around floating debris.

Features

Dorsal fin VII-IX, 18-21; Anal fin 13-16. 
Body wide, deep. Two dorsal fins, first low with stout spines, barely separated from taller second soft dorsal; middle spines of first dorsal fin longest. Nape scaleless except for small oval patch of scales on each side above and behind eye. Lateral line arched just behind head then curving downwards to midline of body at about middle of anal fin.

Biology

Females mature at 11-12 years of age, and males mature at 8-9 years of age. This relatively long-lived species is estimated to live to a maximum age of 76 years.
Spawning occurs in summer and autumn, with adults aggregating to spawn in shallower waters from central New South Wales to north-eastern Tasmania. Spawning occurs from March to April in Tasmania and April to June in New South Wales. 
Females produce 2-11 million eggs per spawning season, releasing them in several batches.

Fisheries

This deep-water species is considered to be commercially and recreationally important, and is considered excellent eating. 

Conservation

Blue-eye Trevalla are taken by bottom trawl and by longlining. They are vulnerable to fishing pressure as they are long lived, are late to mature, and form schooling and spawning aggregations, making them easier to catch than solitary species.

Species Citation

Perca antarctica Carmichael 1818, Trans. Linnean Soc. Lond. 12(29): 501. Type locality: Tristan da Cunha.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2018

Resources

Australian Faunal Directory

Blue-eye Trevalla, Hyperoglyphe antarctica (Carmichael 1818)

References


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Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37445001

Depth:200-900 m

Fishing:Commercial & recreational fish

Habitat:Benthopelagic

Max Size:140 cm TL; 50 kg

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