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Paratrachichthys trailli (Hutton, 1875)

Common roughy
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New Zealand country information

Common names: Common roughy, Sandpaper fish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Doonan, I.J., M. Dunn and A.C. Hart, 2009
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from the Three Kings Islands to the Snares Islands (Ref. 45524). Recorded from bottom trawls off the east coast of South Island (Ref. 58461). Also recorded from the Northeastern and Eastern Chatham Rise (Ref. 87166). Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ. Also Ref. 4537, 45493.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan, 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Sandpaper fish, Паратрахихт обыкновенный (=пурпурник), Sandpaper fish, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Trachichthyiformes (Roughies) > Trachichthyidae (Slimeheads)
Etymology: Paratrachichthys: Greek, para in the side of + Greek, trachys = rough + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 20 - 500 m (Ref. 72381).   Deep-water; 18°S - 50°S, 162°E - 175°W

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