Silver roughy
Silver roughy | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Trachichthyiformes |
Family: | Trachichthyidae |
Genus: | Hoplostethus |
Species: | H. mediterraneus
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Binomial name | |
Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829
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The silver roughy or Mediterranean slimehead (Hoplostethus mediterraneus) is a small deep-sea fish species belonging to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae).[1] It is found widely at depths of 100 to 1,175 m (328–3,855 ft) in the Atlantic, ranging from Iceland and Georges Bank in the north to South Africa and Brazil in the south, including the Mediterranean and Gulf of Mexico.[1] It is also found in the Western Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Hoplostethus mediterraneus" in FishBase. July 2014 version.
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Categories:
- Hoplostethus
- Fish of the Mediterranean Sea
- Fish of the Atlantic Ocean
- Fish of the Indian Ocean
- Fish described in 1829
- Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
- Beryciformes stubs