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Paratrachichthys trailli (Hutton, 1875)

Common roughy
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Trachichthyiformes (Roughies) > Trachichthyidae (Slimeheads)
Etymology: Paratrachichthys: Greek, para in the side of + Greek, trachys = rough + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Charles Traill (1826–1891) was an amateur botanist and conchologist who was Postmaster of Stewart Island, New Zealand. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 20 - 500 m (Ref. 72381). Deep-water; 18°S - 50°S, 162°E - 175°W

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Western Pacific: New Zealand (Ref. 5755); Australia (Ref. 4537) [questionable according to Moore, pers. comm.].

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9872)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Reported from between depths of 70 m (Ref. 9872) and 327 m (Ref. 58489).

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

Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  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
FAO - Fisheries: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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