| Blacktip sawbelly | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachichthyiformes |
| Family: | Trachichthyidae |
| Genus: | Hoplostethus |
| Species: | H. intermedius |
| Binomial name | |
| Hoplostethus intermedius | |
The blacktip sawbelly (Hoplostethus intermedius) is a small deep-sea fish species belonging to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae). It is found off southern Australia and New Zealand. It ranges at depths from 200 to 680 metres (660 to 2,230 ft) where it lives on the continental shelf and continental slope. It can reach sizes of up to 18.0 centimetres (7.1 in).[2]
References
- ↑ Hoplostethus intermedius - The Taxonomicon Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Hoplostethus intermedius" in FishBase. December 2016 version.
External links
- Fishes of Australia : Hoplostethus intermedius
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