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Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus

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Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Percophidae
Genus: Hemerocoetes
Species:
H. macrophthalmus
Binomial name
Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus
Regan, 1914

Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus is a duckbill fish of the genus Hemerocoetes, found only around New Zealand, and around the South Island at depths of between 100 and 500 m. Their length is between 10 and 25 cm.

References

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  • "Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus". 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