New Zealand grayling
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| New Zealand grayling | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osmeriformes |
| Family: | Retropinnidae |
| Subfamily: | Prototroctinae |
| Genus: | Prototroctes |
| Species: | P. oxyrhynchus |
| Binomial name | |
| Prototroctes oxyrhynchus Günther, 1870 |
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The New Zealand grayling, Prototroctes oxyrhynchus, is an extinct smelt of the genus Prototroctes, which was found only in lowland rivers and streams of New Zealand. Their length was between 20 and 40 cm.
[edit] References
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Prototroctes oxyrhynchus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as extinct
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Prototroctes oxyrhynchus" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- NIWA June 2006
- David Day (1981): The Doomsday Book of Animals.
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