Paratrachichthys trailli

Paratrachichthys trailli, the sandpaper fish, is a slimehead belonging to the family Trachichthyidae, found in southern Australia and southern New Zealand at depths between 20 to 500 metres (66 to 1,640 ft). It can reach lengths of up to 25 centimetres (9.8 in).[1]

Sandpaper fish
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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P. trailli
Binomial name
Paratrachichthys trailli
(F. W. Hutton, 1875)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Paratrachichthys trailli" in FishBase. December 2016 version.


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