Opalfish

Opalfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Percophidae
Subfamily: Hemerocoetinae
Genus: Hemerocoetes
Species: H. monopterygius
Binomial name
Hemerocoetes monopterygius
Schneider, 1801

The opalfish, Hemerocoetes monopterygius, is a duckbill of the genus Hemerocoetes, found only around New Zealand, at depths of between 5 and 200 m. Their length is between 10 and 25 cm.

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