Hemerocoetes pauciradiatus
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| Hemerocoetes pauciradiatus Regan, 1914 |
Hemerocoetes pauciradiatus is a duckbill fish of the genus Hemerocoetes, found only around the south east of the South Island of New Zealand, and around the Chatham Islands, on the continental shelf at depths of between 20 and 200 m. Their length is between 10 and 25 cm.
Hemerocoetes pauciradiatus is very similar to the closely related opalfish.
[edit] References
- Hemerocoetes pauciradiatus (TSN 630507). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 18 April 2006.
- "Hemerocoetes pauciradiatus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- 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
