New Zealand flathead | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Percophidae |
Subfamily: | Bembropinae |
Genus: | Bembrops |
Species: | B. morelandi |
Binomial name | |
Bembrops morelandi Nelson, 1978 |
The New Zealand flathead, Bembrops morelandi, is a duckbill of the family Percophidae, subfamily Bembropinae, found only around New Zealand, at depths of between 365 and 395 m. Their length is up to 20 cm.