Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus
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| Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus Regan, 1914 |
Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus is a duckbill fish of the genus Hemerocoetes, found only around the North Island of New Zealand, and around the South Island as far south as Banks Peninsula, on the outer continental shelf and continental slopes at depths of between 100 and 500 m. Their length is between 10 and 25 cm.
Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus is very similar to the closely related opalfish.
[edit] References
- Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus (TSN 630404). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 18 April 2006.
- "Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus". 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
