Armoured flathead
The armoured flathead or deepsea flathead, Hoplichthys haswelli, is a ghost flathead of the family Hoplichthyidae, found in the southwest Pacific Ocean, at depths between 140 and 700 m. Its length is up to 43 cm.
| Armoured flathead | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Hoplichthyidae |
| Genus: | Hoplichthys |
| Species: | H. haswelli |
| Binomial name | |
| Hoplichthys haswelli McCulloch, 1907 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Hoplichthys haswelli" in FishBase. May 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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