Golden roughy
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A. pulsator
Binomial name
Aulotrachichthys pulsator
M. F. Gomon & Kuiter, 1987
Synonyms

Paratrachichthys pulsator (M. F. Gomon & Kuiter, 1987)

The golden roughy (Aulotrachichthys pulsator) is a slimehead in the order Beryciformes. It is found in the eastern Indian Ocean around south Australia down to depths of around 25 m (82 ft) where it lives in rock reefs. It can grow to a length of 8 cm (3.1 in).[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Aulotrachichthys pulsator" in FishBase. October 2015 version.


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