Paratrachichthys trailli
Sandpaper fish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Trachichthyiformes |
Family: | Trachichthyidae |
Genus: | Paratrachichthys |
Species: | P. trailli
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Binomial name | |
Paratrachichthys trailli (F. W. Hutton, 1875)
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Paratrachichthys trailli, the sandpaper fish, is a slimehead belonging to the family Trachichthyidae, found in southern Australia and southern New Zealand at depths between 20 to 500 metres (66 to 1,640 ft). It can reach lengths of up to 25 centimetres (9.8 in).[1]
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Paratrachichthys trailli" in FishBase. December 2016 version.
Categories:
- Paratrachichthys
- Fish described in 1875
- Taxa named by Frederick Wollaston Hutton
- Fish of Australia
- Fish of the Pacific Ocean
- Marine fish of New Zealand
- Beryciformes stubs