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Trachichthys
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Trachichthys australis, the southern roughy, is a species of slimehead and the only member of the genus Trachichthys. It is native to the waters off Australia, where it is found around coral reefs between 1 and 1,557 metres (3.3 and 5,108.3 ft) in depth. It can grow to a maximum length of 15.0 centimetres (5.9 in) SL.[2]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Trachichthyiformes |
Family: | Trachichthyidae |
Genus: | Trachichthys G. Shaw, 1799 |
Species: | T. australis |
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Trachichthys australis G. Shaw, 1799 | |
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