Ecognosis
Search Database

Paratrachichthys macleayi (Johnston, 1881)

Common Names

  • Australian sandpaperfish
  • Common roughy
  • Sandpaper fish
  • Sandpaperfish

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Trachichthyiformes

    Family: Trachichthyidae

    Genus: Paratrachichthys

    Species: Paratrachichthys macleayi (Johnston, 1881)

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Biology

    Life cycle and mating behavior

    Habitat

    neritic

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless

    Ask me about the species
    Ask about
    Paratrachichthys macleayi (Johnston, 1881)