Warty oreo

Allocyttus verrucosus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth844–1,239 m
Water temperature4–27 °C
Best monthsFebruary, May, and August
How commonOccasional

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About this species

The warty oreo is an oreo found in all southern oceans at depths of between 300 and 1,600 m. Its length is up to 42 cm.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Warty oreo”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 46 records
February: 77 records
March: 10 records
April: 23 records
May: 76 records
June: 24 records
July: 35 records
August: 59 records
September: 33 records
October: 26 records
November: 54 records
December: 57 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 844–1,239 m · Deepest record: 1,825 m

0–10 m: 2 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110+ m: 2,156 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 4–27 °C

2–4 °C: 1 records
4–6 °C: 0 records
6–8 °C: 1 records
8–10 °C: 6 records
10–12 °C: 83 records
12–14 °C: 76 records
14–16 °C: 255 records
16–18 °C: 210 records
18–20 °C: 58 records
20–22 °C: 73 records
22–24 °C: 12 records
24–26 °C: 5 records
26–28 °C: 6 records

Names and classification

English: Warty oreo, Warty Dory, Warty dory, Warty oreo, warty oreo, Warty Oreodory

Names in 3 more languages

Spanish: Oreo verrugoso
French: Arrose verruqueuse
Japanese: オオメマトウダイ

Other scientific names: Allocyttus propinquus, Cyttosoma verrucosum

Similar species

Black oreo
Allocyttus niger

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
2,454 open-data records from 1913 to 2022.

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