Hemerocoetes artus

Hemerocoetes artus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percophidae
Subfamily: Hemerocoetinae
Genus: Hemerocoetes
Species: H. artus
Binomial name
Hemerocoetes artus
Nelson, 1979

Hemerocoetes artus is a duckbill fish of the genus Hemerocoetes, found only around the subantarctic islands south of New Zealand at depths of between 100 and 600 m. Their length is between 10 and 25 cm.

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