Hemerocoetes artus

Hemerocoetes artus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Percophidae
Genus: Hemerocoetes
Species:
H. artus
Binomial name
Hemerocoetes artus
Nelson, 1979

Hemerocoetes artus is a duckbill fish of the genus Hemerocoetes, found only around the subantarctic islands south of New Zealand at depths of between 100 and 600 m. Their length is between 10 and 25 cm.

References

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  • "Hemerocoetes artus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hemerocoetes artus". FishBase. January 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8