Hyperoglyphe antarctica (Carmichael, 1819)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Hyperoglyphe antarctica, the Antarctic butterfish, bluenose warehou, deepsea trevally, blue eye trevalla, blue-eye cod, bluenose sea bass, or deep sea trevalla, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in all the southern oceans, at depths of between 40 and 1,500 m. Its length is up to about 140 cm, with a maximum published weight of 60 kg.
Antarctic butterfish have a dark blue body above and lighter blue below with large eyes (another name for this fish is big eye). Larger individuals have a bronze sheen along the flanks.
They can grow to 1.4 m in length and over 50 kg in weight. Studies have shown that fish between 62 and 72 cm are mature and range in age between 8–12 years respectively. Mature females can produce between 2 million and 11 million eggs prior to spawning.
Blue eye mainly feed on the tunicate Pyrosoma atlantica. However, they will feed on a range of fish, molluscs, squid and crustaceans, and are also cannibalistic.
Wikipedia contributors, Hyperoglyphe antarctica; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:50:51.079884+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hyperoglyphe antarctica (Carmichael, 1819)
- Name authority
- (Carmichael, 1819)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Centrolophidae
- Genus
- Hyperoglyphe
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderScombriformes
- familyCentrolophidae Bonaparte, 1846
- genusHyperoglyphe Günther, 1859
- speciesHyperoglyphe antarctica (Carmichael, 1819)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hyperoglyphe. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Pacific barrelfishHyperoglyphe japonica (Döderlein, 1884) | CentrolophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| barrelfishHyperoglyphe perciformis (Mitchill, 1818) | CentrolophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| black driftfishHyperoglyphe bythites (Ginsburg, 1954) | CentrolophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hyperoglyphe macrophthalma (Miranda Ribeiro, 1915) | CentrolophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Diagramma porosa Richardson, 1845 Richardson, 1845 | synonym |
| Hyperoglyphe porosa (Richardson, 1845) (Richardson, 1845) | synonym |
| Palinurichthys antarcticus (Carmichael, 1819) (Carmichael, 1819) | synonym |
| Perca antarctica Carmichael, 1819 Carmichael, 1819 | synonym |
| Eurumetopos johnstonii Morton, 1888 Morton, 1888 | synonym |
| Palinurichthys porosus (Richardson, 1845) (Richardson, 1845) | synonym |
| Seriolella amplus Griffin, 1928 Griffin, 1928 | synonym |
| Eurumelops johnstoni Morton, 1888 Morton, 1888 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219737 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3NQPY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.