New Zealand flathead
| New Zealand flathead | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Percophidae |
| Genus: | Bembrops |
| Species: | B. morelandi
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| Binomial name | |
| Bembrops morelandi Nelson, 1978
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The New Zealand flathead, Bembrops morelandi, is a duckbill fish of the family Percophidae, subfamily Bembropinae, found only around New Zealand, at depths between 365 and 395 m. Their length is up to 20 cm.
References[]
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Bembrops morelandi" in FishBase. May 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
- Fish described in 1978