| Cucumber fish | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Paraulopidae |
| Genus: | Paraulopus |
| Species: | P. nigripinnis |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraulopus nigripinnis (Günther, 1878) |
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The cucumber fish, Paraulopus nigripinnis, is a grinner of the genus Paraulopus, found around southern Australia and New Zealand on the continental shelf at depths of between 80 and 600 m. Their length is between 15 and 20 cm.