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Western Pacific roughy

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Western Pacific roughy
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachichthyiformes
Family: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Hoplostethus
Species:
H. japonicus
Binomial name
Hoplostethus japonicus
(Hilgendorf, 1879)

The Western Pacific roughy (Hoplostethus japonicus) is a species of slimehead found in the Northwest Pacific along Japan's southern coast in Sagami Bay, Suruga Bay, and the Sea of Japan. It can reach up to 12.6 cm (5.0 in) SL and its depth range is 336–605 m (1,102–1,985 ft).[1]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hoplostethus japonicus". FishBase. December 2016 version.
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