Silver roughy
| 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 Kotlyar, 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.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Hoplostethus mediterraneus trunovi" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Ayling, Tony; Cox, Geoffrey (1982). Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand. Auckland: William Collins Publishers. ISBN 0-00-216987-8.
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