Average length 30-40 cm; average weight 1.5 kg. Orange body and fins; deep body, massive head with conspicuous bony ridges and cavities. Scales small and irregular in shape and pattern, lateral line scales on the belly. Orange roughy is a deep-water species, irregular in distribution and abundance, very common in some areas on the Chatham Rise and Challenger Plateau, 700-1100 m. Caught by trawling all year round with low season March-May and highest catches August-October. Resource size very large.
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