Paraulopus nigripinnis
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| Species: | P. nigripinnis
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| Paraulopus nigripinnis (Günther, 1878)
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Paraulopus nigripinnis, the cucumber fish, is a grinner of the genus Paraulopus. It is a deep water fish found around southern Australia and New Zealand on the continental shelf at depths between 65 and 600 m.[1] Their length is between 15 and 20 cm. They were first described by Günther in 1878.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paraulopus nigripinnis". FishBase. March 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8