| Palefin sawbelly | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachichthyiformes |
| Family: | Trachichthyidae |
| Genus: | Hoplostethus |
| Species: | H. latus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hoplostethus latus | |
The palefin sawbelly (Hoplostethus latus) is a medium-sized deep-sea fish species belonging to the slimehead family. It is native to Australia's southern waters and the Eastern Indian Ocean where it lives at depths between 146 and 586 metres (479 and 1,923 ft) on the continental slope and continental shelf. It can reach sizes of up to 53.0 centimetres (20.9 in) TL.[2]
References
- ↑ Hoplostethus latus - The Taxonomicon
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Hoplostethus latus" in FishBase. December 2016 version.
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