Optivus agrammus
| Western roughy | |
|---|---|
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Family: | Trachichthyidae |
| Genus: | Optivus |
| Species: | O. agrammus |
| Binomial name | |
| Optivus agrammus M. F. Gomon, 2004 | |
Optivus agrammus, the western roughy, is a member of the family Trachichthyidae. It is endemic to south and west Australia in the eastern Indian Ocean where it lives in temperate reefs in depths of 40m to 320m.[1] It can reach lengths of 9.1cm.[1] Its name, "Optivus agrammus," comes from Latin: "Optivus" means "chosen"; and Greek: "agrammus" refers to the lack of stripes on its caudal fin.
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Optivus agrammus" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
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