Kingdom Animalia Order Ophidiiformes Genus Genypterus Higher classification Genypterus | Phylum Chordata Family Ophidiidae Scientific name Genypterus blacodes Rank Species | |
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Similar Southern blue whiting, Silver warehou, Caldillo de congrio, Blue grenadier, South American pilchard | ||
The pink cusk-eel, Genypterus blacodes, is a species of cusk-eel found in the oceans around southern Australia, Chile, Brazil, and around New Zealand except the east coast of Northland, in depths of 22 to 1,000 metres (72 to 3,281 ft). Their length is up to 200 centimetres (79 in), and they live for up to 30 years.
Other names in English include ling, Australian rockling, New Zealand ling, kingklip, pink ling, and northern ling. The South African kingklip is a similar, related species (Genypterus capensis).
In the month-long NORFANZ Expedition of 2003 which was examining the biodiversity of the seamounts and slopes of the Norfolk Ridge near New Zealand, a single specimen weighing 6.3 kg (20 lb) was collected.
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