Little pineapple fish
| Little pineapple fish | |
|---|---|
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Family: | Trachichthyidae |
| Genus: | Sorosichthys Whitley, 1945 |
| Species: | S. ananassa |
| Binomial name | |
| Sorosichthys ananassa Whitley, 1945 | |
The little pineapple fish, Sorosichthys ananassa, is a small slimehead of the family Trachichthyidae, the only member of the genus Sorosichthys, found in the eastern Indian Ocean, on the continental shelf of the southwestern coasts of Western Australia and South Australia, at depths between 50 and 70 m (160 and 230 ft). Its length is up to about 8 cm (3.1 in).
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Sorosichthys ananassa" in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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