Brazilian luminous roughy

Brazilian luminous roughy
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beryciformes
Family: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Aulotrachichthys
Species: A. atlanticus
Binomial name
Aulotrachichthys atlanticus
Menezes, 1971[1]
Synonyms

Paratrachichthys atlanticus Menezes, 1971

The Brazilian luminous roughy, Aulotrachichthys atlanticus, is a slimehead from the Trachichthyidae family.[1] It is found in the southwestern Atlantic off the coasts of Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina at depths between 115m and 210m.[1] It can reach a maximum length of 10.3cm.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Aulotrachichthys atlanticus" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
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