Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Hemerocoetinae Phylum Chordata Rank Species | Family Percophidae Genus Hemerocoetes Higher classification Hemerocoetes Order Perciformes | |
Scientific name Hemerocoetes monopterygius Similar Hemerocoetes, New Zealand blueback, Red codling, Enteroctopus zealandicus, Percophidae | ||
The opalfish, Hemerocoetes monopterygius, is a duckbill of the genus Hemerocoetes, found only around New Zealand, at depths of between 5 and 200 m. Their length is between 10 and 25 cm.
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