Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. Pectoral fin long, its tip extending beyond anal fin origin (Ref. 13608). Scales adherent, spinules small, margins serrate, spines on fin rays small. Denticles on head bones small, septae relatively strong (Ref. 37108).

Common Names

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Atlantic Roughy , English , Cuba

Western roughy , English , UK

Nishi-hiuchidai , Japanese , Japan

西方胸棘鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China

西方胸棘鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Reloj occidental , Spanish , Spain

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Trachichthyiformes

Family: Trachichthyidae

Genus: Hoplostethus

Species: Hoplostethus occidentalis Woods, 1973

Climate Zone

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bathypelagic

Location

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Biology

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Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

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bathypelagic