Silver roughy | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Beryciformes |
Family: | Trachichthyidae |
Genus: | Hoplostethus |
Species: | H. mediterraneus |
Subspecies: | H. m. trunovi |
Trinomial name | |
Hoplostethus mediterraneus trunovi Kotylar, 1986 |
The silver roughy, Hoplostethus mediterraneus trunovi, is a small deep-sea fish subspecies belonging to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae) found in cold (3–9 °C), deep (800–900 m) waters of the western Indian Ocean.