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Trachichthys australis Shaw, 1799

Roughy
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Trachichthyiformes (Roughies) > Trachichthyidae (Slimeheads)
Etymology: Trachichthys: Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Shaw.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 1557 m (Ref. 9872). Deep-water

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Indo-Pacific: Prevalent off southwest Australia, in the Great Australian Bight, and in the waters off Tasmania, New South Wales and south Queensland.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9872)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in coastal shallow water (Ref. 9872). Also in Ref. 9137.

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Moore, Jon A. | Collaborators

Kotlyar, A.N., 1980. Systematic and distribution of trachichthyid fishes (Trachichthyidae, Beryciformes) of the Indian ocean. Trudy Inst. Okeanol. 110:177-224. (Ref. 9872)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 26 December 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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