Hoplostethus fragilis

Hoplostethus fragilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachichthyiformes
Family: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Hoplostethus
Species:
H. fragilis
Binomial name
Hoplostethus fragilis
(F. de Buen, 1959)
Synonyms

Leiogaster fragilis de Buen, 1959

Hoplostethus fragilis, the Chilean roughy, is a slimehead native to the Valparaíso region of Chile in the southeast Pacific. It lives at depths between 250 and 350 m (820 and 1,150 ft).[1] It has been known to contain high levels of mercury.

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hoplostethus fragilis". FishBase. October 2015 version.


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