Hoplostethus fragilis
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.
| Hoplostethus fragilis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachichthyiformes |
| Family: | Trachichthyidae |
| Genus: | Hoplostethus |
| Species: | H. fragilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hoplostethus fragilis (F. de Buen, 1959) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Leiogaster fragilis de Buen, 1959 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Hoplostethus fragilis" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
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