Hoplostethus fragilis

Chilean roughy
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beryciformes
Family: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Hoplostethus
Species: H. fragilis
Binomial name
Hoplostethus fragilis
(F. de Buen, 1959)
Synonyms

Leiogaster fragilis de Buen, 1959

Hoplostethus fragilis, the Chilean roughy, is a slimehead native to the Valparaíso region of Chile in the southeast Pacific.[1] It lives at depths between 250m and 350m.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Hoplostethus fragilis" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
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