Hoplostethus fragilis
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Trachichthyiformes |
Family: | Trachichthyidae |
Genus: | Hoplostethus |
Species: | H. fragilis
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Binomial name | |
Hoplostethus fragilis (F. de Buen, 1959)
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Synonyms | |
Leiogaster fragilis de Buen, 1959 |
Hoplostethus fragilis, the Chilean roughy, is a slimehead native to the Valparaíso region of Chile in the southeast Pacific. It lives at depths between 250 and 350 m (820 and 1,150 ft).[1] It has been known to contain high levels of mercury.
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Hoplostethus fragilis" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
External links
[edit]Data related to Hoplostethus fragilis at Wikispecies