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Silver roughy

The silver roughy or Mediterranean slimehead is a small deep-sea fish species belonging to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae). It is recognized as a bony fish and is metallic with orange to red fins. It is found widely at depths of 100 to 1,175 m (328–3,855 ft) in the Atlantic, ranging from Iceland and Georges Bank in the north to South Africa and Brazil in the south, including the Mediterranean and Gulf of Mexico. It is also found in the Western Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea.

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Silver roughy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachichthyiformes
Family: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Hoplostethus
Species:
H. mediterraneus
Binomial name
Hoplostethus mediterraneus
Cuvier, 1829

The silver roughy or Mediterranean slimehead (Hoplostethus mediterraneus) is a small deep-sea fish species belonging to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae).1 It is recognized as a bony fish and is metallic with orange to red fins.2 It is found widely at depths of 100 to 1,175 m (328–3,855 ft) in the Atlantic, ranging from Iceland and Georges Bank in the north to South Africa and Brazil in the south, including the Mediterranean and Gulf of Mexico.1 It is also found in the Western Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea.1

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hoplostethus mediterraneus". FishBase. July 2014 version.
  2. "SILVER ROUGHY". National Institutes of Health.