| Citation | Roberts, C.D. and M.F. Gomon, 2012, A review of giant roughies of the genus Hoplostethus (Beryciformes, Trachichthyidae), with descriptions of two new Australasian species.. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 69:341-354. |
| Ref. | 92805 Roberts, C.D. and M.F. Gomon, 2012 |
| Page | 346;fig.2-5;tab.1-2 |
| Named Used as Valid | Hoplostethus melanopeza |
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| Locality | New Zealand, North Island, Bay of Plenty, Mayor Knolls, 12 km east of Mayor Island, NMNZ P.053205. |
| Distribution | SW Pacific: sub-tropical and temperate latitudes of the Tasman and South Fiji Basins; SE Australian slopes on the west to the outer Bay of Plenty and southern Kermadec Ridge at the north end of the North Island in New Zealand in the east. |
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