| Slender roughy Optivus elongatus |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Family: | Trachichthyidae |
| Genus: | Optivus |
| Species: | O. elongatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Optivus elongatus (Günther, 1859) |
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The slender roughy, Optivus elongatus, is a small slimehead of the family (Trachichthyidae), the only member of the genus Optivus, found in the western Pacific Ocean around Australia and New Zealand at depths of between 1 and 100 m. Its length is up to about 10 cm.