Eastern Pacific roughy
The eastern Pacific roughy (Hoplostethus pacificus) is a slimehead of the order Beryciformes. It is found in the Southeast Pacific from Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands to Peru. It can be found as deep as 703 m (2,306 ft).[1]
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| Species: | H. pacificus |
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| Hoplostethus pacificus Garman, 1899 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Hoplostethus pacificus" in FishBase. December 2016 version.
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