Armoured flathead

Armoured flathead
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Hoplichthyidae
Genus: Hoplichthys
Species: H. haswelli
Binomial name
Hoplichthys haswelli
McCulloch, 1907

The armoured flathead or deepsea flathead, Hoplichthys haswelli, is a ghost flathead of the family Hoplichthyidae, found in the southwest Pacific Ocean, at depths between 140 and 700 m. Its length is up to 43 cm.

References

  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Hoplichthys haswelli" in FishBase. May 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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