Paratrachichthys trailli

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Sandpaper fish
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachichthyiformes
Family: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Paratrachichthys
Species:
P. trailli
Binomial name
Paratrachichthys trailli
(F. W. Hutton, 1875)

Paratrachichthys trailli, the sandpaper fish, is a slimehead belonging to the family Trachichthyidae, found in southern Australia and southern New Zealand at depths between 20 to 500 metres (66 to 1,640 ft). It can reach lengths of up to 25 centimetres (9.8 in).[1]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Paratrachichthys trailli" in FishBase. December 2016 version.

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