Hemerocoetes artus
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Hemerocoetes artus is a duckbill fish of the genus Hemerocoetes, found only around the sub-Antarctic islands to the south of New Zealand, on muddy or sandy bottoms at depths of between 100 and 600 m. Their length is between 10 and 25 cm.
Hemerocoetes artus is very similar to the closely related opalfish.
[edit] References
- Hemerocoetes artus (TSN 630505). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 18 April 2006.
- "Hemerocoetes artus". 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
