Thickspine roughy
| Thickspine roughy | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Family: | Trachichthyidae |
| Genus: | Hoplostethus |
| Species: | H. robustispinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hoplostethus robustispinus Moore & Dodd, 2010 | |
The thickspine roughy (Hoplostethus robustispinus) is a slimehead of the order Beryciformes. It is native to the Northwestern Pacific near the Philippines and Japan where it can be found as deep as 660 m (2,170 ft). It can reach sizes of up to 35.4 cm (13.9 in) SL.[1]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Hoplostethus robustispinus" in FishBase. December 2016 version.
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