Paraulopus nigripinnis
| Cucumber fish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Paraulopidae |
| Genus: | Paraulopus |
| Species: | P. nigripinnis |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraulopus nigripinnis (Günther, 1878) | |
Paraulopus nigripinnis, the cucumber fish, is a grinner of the genus Paraulopus, found around southern Australia and New Zealand on the continental shelf at depths between 80 and 600 m. Their length is between 15 and 20 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Paraulopus nigripinnis" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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