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The yelloweye is one of the world's longest-lived fish species, and is cited to live to a maximum of 114 to 120 years of age. As they grow older, they change in color, from reddish in youth, to bright orange in adulthood, to pale yellow in old age. Yelloweye live in rocky areas and feed on small fish and other rockfish.
Aluterus schoepfii, the orange filefish, is a species of fish in the family Monacanthidae. The species can also be listed under the family Balistidae . [ citation needed ] They can reach a maximum size of 62 centimetres (24 in) although they are common to 40 centimetres (16 in).
This species has a distinctive bright orange caudal fin. Younger species have a slightly forked caudal fin that is often bright orange. This fin becomes rounded when the fish matures. In adults, the dorsal and anal fins are rounded and usually bluish and orange mottling or blue spots. The pelvic and pectoral fins are orangish to white in colour.
Opah -- the large, round and brilliant orange fish in the gallery below -- are a tough catch as they don't often travel in schools, and are typically found only in tropical areas with warm water ...
Instead, the body of the fish is covered in cone-shaped plates, called tubercles. [2] [3] [5] [4] Females have more tubercles than males. [4] The Pacific spiny lumpsucker is seen in many colors, including brown and green, often with yellow or orange highlights. [4] Females are dull green in color, while males are dull orange to reddish brown ...
The orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides), also known as the brown-spotted rockcod, estuary cod, estuary rockcod, goldspotted rockcod, greasy cod, North-west groper, orange spotted cod or blue-and-yellow grouper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses.
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The average commercial catch size is commonly between 35 and 45 centimetres (14 and 18 in) in length, again, varying by area. The orange roughy also has many predators, like bigger sharks such as goblin sharks and megamouth sharks, and larger fish. Oilfish also sometimes scoop up orange roughy on the ocean floor. [citation needed]