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Longfin boarfish

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Longfin boarfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pentacerotidae
Subfamily: Histiopterinae
Genus: Zanclistius
D. S. Jordan, 1907
Species:
Z. elevatus
Binomial name
Zanclistius elevatus
Synonyms
  • Histiopterus elevatus E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1888

The longfin boarfish (Zanclistius elevatus), also known as the blackspot boarfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, an armourhead from the family Pentacerotidae which is native to the coasts of southern Australia and Tasmania and New Zealand. It can be found over the continental shelf and the continental slope at depths from 30 to 500 m (98 to 1,640 ft). This species can reach a length of 33 cm (13 in). It can also be found in the aquarium trade, and is currently the only known member of the genus Zanclistius.[1]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Zanclistius elevatus" in FishBase. August 2016 version.