Blacktip sawbelly

Blacktip sawbelly
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beryciformes
Family: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Hoplostethus
Species: H. intermedius
Binomial name
Hoplostethus intermedius
McCulloch, 1914[1]

The blacktip sawbelly, Hoplostethus intermedius, is a small deep-sea fish species belonging to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae).

It is found in the West Pacific, near New Zealand and Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania).[2]

References

  1. Hoplostethus intermedius - The Taxonomicon
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Hoplostethus intermedius " in FishBase. July 2006 version.

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