Alert pigfish
| Alert Pigfish | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Congiopodidae |
| Genus: | Alertichthys , 1960 |
| Species: | A. blacki
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| Binomial name | |
| Alertichthys blacki , 1960
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The alert pigfish, Alertichthys blacki, is a pigfish, the only species in the genus Alertichthys, found around New Zealand at depths between 100 and 600 m. It is between 15 and 20 cm in length.
References[]
- "Alertichthys blacki". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Alertichthys blacki" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
Categories:
- Congiopodidae
- Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
- Fish described in 1960