Ocean Blue-eye Trevalla, Schedophilus labyrinthicus

Scientific name: Schedophilus labyrinthicus
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Ocean Blue-eye Trevalla, Schedophilus labyrinthicus Click to enlarge image
Ocean Blue-eye Trevalla, Schedophilus labyrinthicus Image: Lee Harkness
© Lee Harkness

Fast Facts

  • Classification
    Genus
    Schedophilus
    Species
    labyrinthicus

A 45 cm long (1.5 - 2 kg)  Ocean Blue-eye Trevalla caught at a depth of about 170 m at Allmark Mountain, approximagely 25 nautical miles north-east of Port Stephens, New South Wales, August 2014.

Notes

Thank you to Ken Graham for his help identifying the fish. Ken wrote that identifying the fish was "Not easy from the image but it may be Schedophilus labyrinthicus i.e. 'Ocean Blue-eye Trevalla': the eye looks relatively small and mouth small, only reaching front of eye. The origin of the second dorsal fin also seems well forward as in Schedophilus (cf. Hyperoglyphe antarctica, Blue-eye Trevalla, where it is almost to the rear of the pectoral).