Smalleye squaretail

Smalleye squaretail
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Tetragonuridae
Genus: Tetragonurus
Species: T. cuvieri
Binomial name
Tetragonurus cuvieri
Risso, 1810

The smalleye squaretail, Tetragonurus cuvieri, is a squaretail of the genus Tetragonurus found in all tropical and temperate oceans of the world, at depths up to 800 m. Its length is 20 to 70 cm.

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