Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 4 - 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 14; Anal spines: 2 - 3; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10.

Common Names

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Blackfin roughy , English , USA

黑鰭胸棘鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黑鳍胸棘鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Trachichthyiformes

Family: Trachichthyidae

Genus: Hoplostethus

Species: Hoplostethus melanopterus Fowler, 1938

Climate Zone

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bathypelagic

Location

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Biology

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Shallow depth from Ref. 95664.

Habitat

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bathypelagic