Fleshfish

Fleshfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Genus: Dermatopsis
Species:
D. macrodon
Binomial name
Dermatopsis macrodon

The fleshfish (Dermatopsis macrodon), also known as the eastern yellow blindfish, is a species of viviparous brotula found in reefs of southern Australia and around New Zealand. This species grows to a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.

References

  • "Dermatopsis macrodon". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dermatopsis macrodon". FishBase. June 2012 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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