Western luminous roughy

Western luminous roughy
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beryciformes
Family: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Aulotrachichthys
Species: A. argyrophanus
Binomial name
Aulotrachichthys argyrophanus
Woods, 1961[1]

The Western luminous roughy (Aulotrachichthys argyrophanus) is a slimehead from the family Trachichthyidae. It is found in the southwest Atlantic, off the Amazon River mouth in northern Brazil. It can be found as deep as 229 metres (751 ft) and can reach lengths of up to 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) SL.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Aulotrachichthys argyrophanus" in FishBase. January 2017 version.
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