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Hoplostethus fragilis

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Species of fish

Hoplostethus fragilis
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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). 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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Taxon identifiers
Hoplostethus fragilis


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