Little pineapple fish
| Little pineapple fish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachichthyiformes |
| Family: | Trachichthyidae |
| Genus: | Sorosichthys Whitley, 1945 |
| Species: | S. ananassa
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| Binomial name | |
| Sorosichthys ananassa Whitley, 1945
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The little pineapple fish (Sorosichthys ananassa) is a small slimehead of the family Trachichthyidae, the only member of the genus Sorosichthys, found in the eastern Indian Ocean, on the continental shelf of the southwestern coasts of Western Australia and South Australia, at depths between 50 and 70 m (160 and 230 ft). Its length is up to about 8 cm (3.1 in).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Moore, J. (2020). "Sorosichthys ananassa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T123359924A123360241. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T123359924A123360241.en. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sorosichthys ananassa". FishBase. January 2024 version.
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