Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus

Taxobox
name = "Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Percophidae
subfamilia = Hemerocoetinae
genus = "Hemerocoetes"
species = "H. macrophthalmus"
binomial = "Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus"
binomial_authority = Regan, 1914

Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus is a duckbill fish of the genus "Hemerocoetes", found only around the North Island of New Zealand, and around the South Island as far south as Banks Peninsula, on the outer continental shelf and continental slopes at depths of between 100 and 500 m. Their length is between 10 and 25 cm. "Hemerocoetes macrophthalmus" 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