Armoured flathead

Armoured flathead
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Hoplichthyidae
Genus: Hoplichthys
Species: H. haswelli
Binomial name
Hoplichthys haswelli
McCulloch, 1907

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.

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