Opalfish | |
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An opalfish observed in the Wellington Harbour | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Trachiniformes |
Family: | Percophidae |
Genus: | Hemerocoetes |
Species: | H. monopterygius
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Binomial name | |
Hemerocoetes monopterygius Schneider, 1801
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The opalfish, Hemerocoetes monopterygius, is a duckbill of the genus Hemerocoetes, found only around New Zealand, at depths of between 5 and 200 metres (16 and 656 ft). Their length is between 10 and 25 centimetres (3.9 and 9.8 in).