Optivus agrammus

Western roughy
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beryciformes
Family: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Optivus
Species: O. agrammus
Binomial name
Optivus agrammus
M. F. Gomon, 2004

Optivus agrammus, the western roughy, is a member of the family Trachichthyidae. It is endemic to south and west Australia in the eastern Indian Ocean where it lives in temperate reefs in depths of 40m to 320m.[1] It can reach lengths of 9.1cm.[1] Its name, "Optivus agrammus," comes from Latin: "Optivus" means "chosen"; and Greek: "agrammus" refers to the lack of stripes on its caudal fin.

References

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

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