Slender roughy
| Slender roughy Optivus elongatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Family: | Trachichthyidae |
| Genus: | Optivus |
| Species: | O. elongatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Optivus elongatus (Günther, 1859) | |
The slender roughy, Optivus elongatus, is a fish of the family Trachichthyidae.[1] Until 2004 when two new species were described, the slender roughy was believed to be the only species in the genus Optivus. The slender roughy is found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean around New Zealand at depths between 10 and 100 m (33 and 328 ft).[2] Its length is up to 72 cm (28 in).
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Optivus elongatus" in FishBase. June 2012 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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