- Mendosoma lineatum
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Not to be confused with Telescopefish.
Telescope fish Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Latridae Genus: Mendosoma Species: M. lineatum Binomial name Mendosoma lineatum
Guichenot, 1848The telescope fish, Mendosoma lineatum, is a trumpeter and the only member of the genus Mendosoma. It reaches up to 40 centimetres (16 in) in length, and is found widely in cold oceans of the Southern Hemisphere.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Mendosoma lineatum" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- 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
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