Smallscale slimehead

Smallscale slimehead
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachichthyiformes
Family: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Hoplostethus
Species:
H. melanopus
Binomial name
Hoplostethus melanopus
(Weber, 1913)
Synonyms

Leiogaster melanopus Weber, 1913
Hoplostethus natalensis Kotlyar, 1978
Hoplostethus mediterraneus (Cuvier, 1829)
Hoplostethus atlanticus (Collett, 1889)

The smallscale slimehead (Hoplostethus melanopus) is a deepwater fish of the family Trachichthyidae. It lives on the continental shelf at a depths of 400–914 m (1,312–2,999 ft). It can reach sizes of up to 25.0 cm (9.8 in) TL. It is a brownish-grey color with blackish fins. It is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans along the coasts of South Africa, Somalia, the United Arab Emirates, Madagascar, Japan, Indonesia, and Namibia.[1]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hoplostethus melanopus". FishBase. December 2016 version.


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