Mendosoma lineatum

Mendosoma lineatum
	Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Latridae
Genus:	Mendosoma; Guichenot, 1848
Species:	M. lineatum
Binomial name
	Mendosoma lineatum; Guichenot, 1848
Synonyms
	Mendosoma elongatum Kner, 1865; Mendosoma allporti R. M. Johnston, 1881;

Mendosoma lineatum, the telescope fish, is a species of trumpeter native to the subantarctic and cooler temperate waters of the Southern Ocean. It inhabits tide pools and surge channels and has been found living inside such invertebrates as salps. It occurs from near the surface to a depth of about 20 metres (66 ft). This species can reach a length of 40 centimetres (16 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.^[1]

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Mendosoma lineatum" in FishBase. December 2013 version.

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Mendosoma lineatum" in FishBase. December 2013 version.

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