Category: Fish
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Centrolophidae

Other Names:
Fish, Bonita
Fish, Stone-eye

Notes
Little is known of their biology. Juveniles are probably pelagic.
Commercially taken as bycatch to deeper line fisheries. Approx 2800 tonnes are caught in NZ each year. Flesh is firm and white, a little dry.

References
Collins Guide to the Sea fishes of NZ: Ayling & Cox