| Sandpaper fish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Family: | Trachichthyidae |
| Genus: | Paratrachichthys |
| Species: | P. trailli |
| Binomial name | |
| Paratrachichthys trailli (Hutton, 1875) |
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The sandpaper fish or common roughy, Paratrachichthys trailli, is a slimehead belonging to the family Trachichthyidae, found in southern Australia and southern New Zealand at depths of between 50 and 400 m. Its length is between 10 and 25 cm.