However, there are differences: the body, which has a shape much like a diamond, has a lower corner not as pointed, a dorsal which is not as tall as that of the spiky oreo, and there are spines along the warty oreo's anal fin.

Warty oreos live in the waters of continental slopes, and they form in large schools over rough terrain.

Young warty oreos are pelagic and reside in shallow waters of the oceans - less than a kilometer in depth.

The eggs and larvae of warty oreos live on or near the surface of the sea.

[citation needed] This sets it as one of the longest living macrovertebrates in the world, along with the Greenland shark, the Orange roughy and the Bowhead whale, that can reach 400, 250 and 200 respectively.