Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus
| Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Percophidae |
| Genus: | Hemerocoetes |
| Species: | H. macrophthalmus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus Regan, 1914
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Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus is a duckbill fish of the genus Hemerocoetes, found only around New Zealand, and around the South Island at depths of between 100 and 500 m. Their length is between 10 and 25 cm.
References[]
- "Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus" 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:
- Percophidae
- Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
- Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan
- Fish described in 1914