Philippine luminous roughy

Philippine luminous roughy
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beryciformes
Family: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Aulotrachichthys
Species: A. latus
Binomial name
Aulotrachichthys latus
Fowler, 1938[1][2]

The Philippine luminous roughy, Aulotrachichthys latus, is a slimehead native to the Western Pacific around Indonesia and the Philippines. It is a deep-water species, ranging from 164 to 723 metres (538 to 2,372 ft) beneath the surface.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Aulotrachichthys latus" in FishBase. December 2016 version.
  2. Aulotrachichthys latus - The Taxonomicon


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