Hemerocoetes artus

Taxobox
name = "Hemerocoetes artus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Percophidae
subfamilia = Hemerocoetinae
genus = "Hemerocoetes"
species = "H. artus"
binomial = "Hemerocoetes artus"
binomial_authority = Nelson, 1979

Hemerocoetes artus is a duckbill fish of the genus "Hemerocoetes", found only around the sub-Antarctic islands to the south of New Zealand, on muddy or sandy bottoms at depths of between 100 and 600 m. Their length is between 10 and 25 cm. "Hemerocoetes artus" is very similar to the closely related opalfish.

References

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* 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