Hemerocoetes morelandi

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

"Hemerocoetes morelandi" is a duckbill fish of the genus "Hemerocoetes", found only around the Auckland Islands and Campbell Island to the south of the South Island of New Zealand, at depths of between 20 and 100 m. Their length is between 10 and 25 cm. "Hemerocoetes morelandi" 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