Hoplostethus confinis

Hoplostethus confinis
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beryciformes
Family: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Hoplostethus
Species: H. confinis
Binomial name
Hoplostethus confinis
Kotlyar, 1980

Hoplostethus confinis is a species of slimehead native to the Andaman Sea in the Indian Ocean.[1] It lives in deep water between 290m and 330m from the surface and can reach sizes of up to 12.3cm.[1]

References

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

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