| Telescope fish | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Latridae |
| Genus: | Mendosoma |
| Species: | M. lineatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Mendosoma lineatum Guichenot, 1848 |
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The telescope fish, Mendosoma lineatum, is a trumpeter and the only member of the genus Mendosoma. It reaches up to 40 centimetres (16 in) in length, and is found widely in cold oceans of the Southern Hemisphere.