Red Sea roughy

Red Sea roughy
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Trachichthyiformes
Family:	Trachichthyidae
Genus:	Hoplostethus
Species:	H. marisrubri
Binomial name
	Hoplostethus marisrubri; Kotlyar, 1986

The Red Sea roughy (Hoplostethus marisrubri) is a slimehead of the order Beryciformes. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea at depths of up to 520 m (1,710 ft). It can reach sizes of up to 12.2 cm (4.8 in) SL.^[2] The species is known from only five specimens.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Moore, J.A. (2010). "Hoplostethus marisrubri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T155267A115293908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155267A4761606.en. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hoplostethus marisrubri". FishBase. December 2016 version.

External links

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[iucn-1] Moore, J.A. (2010). "Hoplostethus marisrubri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T155267A115293908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155267A4761606.en. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

[fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hoplostethus marisrubri". FishBase. December 2016 version.

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