Eastern Pacific roughy
The eastern Pacific roughy (Hoplostethus pacificus) is a slimehead of the order Beryciformes. It is found in the Southeast Pacific from Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands to Peru. It can be found as deep as 703 m (2,306 ft).[1]
| Eastern Pacific roughy | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachichthyiformes |
| Family: | Trachichthyidae |
| Genus: | Hoplostethus |
| Species: | H. pacificus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hoplostethus pacificus Garman, 1899 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Hoplostethus pacificus" in FishBase. December 2016 version.
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