Optivus

Optivus
Slender roughy (O. elongatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachichthyiformes
Family: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Optivus
Whitley, 1947

Optivus is a fish genus from the family Trachichthyidae found from near the surface to depths of 320 m (1,050 ft) in the southwest Pacific Ocean off Australia (O. agastos and O. agrammus) and New Zealand (O. elongatus).

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Optivus". FishBase. October 2012 version.
  • Data related to Optivus at Wikispecies
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