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Gephyroberyx darwinii

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Gephyroberyx darwinii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachichthyiformes
Family: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Gephyroberyx
Species:
G. darwinii
Binomial name
Gephyroberyx darwinii

Gephyroberyx darwinii, the big roughy or Darwin's slimehead, is a species of fish in the slimehead family found widely in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans.[2] This deep-sea species reaches a length of 60 cm (2.0 ft) and is mainly found at depths of 200 to 500 m (660–1,640 ft), but has been recorded between 9 and 1,210 m (30–3,970 ft).[2] Based on broadly overlapping morphological features it sometimes (e.g., by IUCN) includes G. japonicus as a synonym.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Iwamoto, T. (2015). "Gephyroberyx darwinii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015. IUCN: e.T16449531A16509807. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16449531A16509807.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gephyroberyx darwinii". FishBase. February 2007 version.
  3. ^ Kim, B.J., Go, Y.B., and Imamura, H. (2004). First record of the Trachichthyid Fish, Gephyroberyx darwinii (Teleostei: Beryciformes) from Korea. Korean J. Ichthyol. 16(1): 9-12.
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