Hemerocoetes morelandi

Hemerocoetes morelandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Trachiniformes
Family:	Percophidae
Genus:	Hemerocoetes
Species:	H. morelandi
Binomial name
	Hemerocoetes morelandi; Nelson, 1979

Hemerocoetes morelandi is a duckbill fish of the genus Hemerocoetes, found only around New Zealand at depths of between 20 and 100 metres (66 and 328 ft). Their length is between 10 and 25 centimetres (3.9 and 9.8 in).^[1] The specific name honours the New Zealand ichthyologist J.M.Moreland.^[2]

References[]

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Hemerocoetes morelandi" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
^ Nelson, J. S. (1979). "Revision of the fishes of the New Zealand genus Hemerocoetes (Perciformes: Percophididae), with descriptions of two new species". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 6 (4): 587–599. doi:10.1080/03014223.1979.10428401.

"Hemerocoetes morelandi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Hemerocoetes morelandi" 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

[FishBase-1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Hemerocoetes morelandi" in FishBase. February 2018 version.

[Nelson-2] Nelson, J. S. (1979). "Revision of the fishes of the New Zealand genus Hemerocoetes (Perciformes: Percophididae), with descriptions of two new species". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 6 (4): 587–599. doi:10.1080/03014223.1979.10428401.

[1]

[2]