Alert pigfish

Alert Pigfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Congiopodidae
Genus: Alertichthys
Moreland, 1960
Species: A. blacki
Binomial name
Alertichthys blacki
Moreland, 1960

The alert pigfish, Alertichthys blacki, is a pigfish, the only species in the genus Alertichthys, found around New Zealand at depths between 100 and 600 m. It is between 15 and 20 cm in length.

References

  • "Alertichthys blacki". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Alertichthys blacki" in FishBase. January 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
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