Biology:Trachichthys

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Trachichthys
FMIB 45621 Trachichthys australis.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachichthyiformes
Family: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Trachichthys
G. Shaw, 1799
Species:
T. australis
Binomial name
Trachichthys australis
G. Shaw, 1799
Synonyms[1]
  • Amphiprion carinatus Schneider, 1801
  • MacLeay, 1881 Trachichthys jacksoniensis

Trachichthys australis, the southern roughy, is a species of slimehead and the only member of the genus Trachichthys. It is native to the waters off Australia , where it is found around coral reefs between 1 and 1,557 metres (3.3 and 5,108.3 ft) in depth. It can grow to a maximum length of 15.0 centimetres (5.9 in) SL.[2]

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