Hapuka

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The hāpuku, hapuka or whapuku (Polyprion oxygeneios) is a powerful wreckfish belonging to the Polyprionidae family, thriving in southern Australia, southern South America, South Africa, Tristan da Cunha and New Zealand at depths ranging from 30 to 800 meters. Its impressive length reaches between 60 and 180 centimeters, with some individuals weighing up to 100 kilograms. Locals sometimes refer to it as cod, but that name properly applies to other fish species.