Description

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Common Names

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Rhombe-havgalt , Danish , Denmark

Pink boarfish , English , Australia

Rhomboid deepsea boarfish , English , Australia

Rhomboidal boarfish , English , Australia

Rhomboidal deepsea boarfish , English , Australia

鑽菱鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China

钻菱鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Acanthuriformes

Family: Antigoniidae

Genus: Antigonia

Species: Antigonia rhomboidea McCulloch, 1915

Climate Zone

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bathydemersal

Location

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Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific: endemic to Australia, from off North Islands (27°04'S) to Northwest Shelf (118°15'E), Western Australia and from off Raine Islands, Queensland (11°35'S) to Cape Everard, Victoria (37°48'S).

Biology

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Generally demersal, on the continental shelf and continental slope (Ref. 9563; 7300).

Habitat

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bathydemersal