Optivus

Optivus is a fish genus from the family Trachichthyidae found from near the surface to depths of 320 m (1,050 ft) in the southwest Pacific Ocean off Australia (O. agastos and O. agrammus) and New Zealand (O. elongatus).

Optivus
Slender roughy (O. elongatus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Trachichthyiformes
Family:	Trachichthyidae
Genus:	Optivus Whitley, 1947

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[1]

• Optivus agastos M. F. Gomon, 2004 (violet roughy)
• Optivus agrammus M. F. Gomon, 2004 (western roughy)
• Optivus elongatus (Günther, 1859) (slender roughy)