Biology:Paraulopus nigripinnis
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Short description: Species of fish
| Cucumber fish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Paraulopidae |
| Genus: | Paraulopus |
| Species: | P. nigripinnis
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| Binomial name | |
| Paraulopus nigripinnis (Günther, 1878)
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Paraulopus nigripinnis, the cucumber fish, ‘’‘Montague whiting’’’ is a grinner of the genus Paraulopus. It is a deep water fish found around southern Australia and New Zealand on the continental shelf at depths between 65 and 600 m.[1] Their length is between 15 and 20 cm. They were first described by Günther in 1878.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Paraulopus nigripinnis" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN:0-00-216987-8
Wikidata ☰ Q2323554 entry
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