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Silver roughy

Silver roughy

Subspecies of fish

The silver roughy or Mediterranean slimehead (Hoplostethus mediterraneus) is a small deep-sea fish species belonging to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae).[1] It is found widely at depths of 100 to 1,175 m (328–3,855 ft) in the Atlantic, ranging from Iceland and Georges Bank in the north to South Africa and Brazil in the south, including the Mediterranean and Gulf of Mexico.[1] It is also found in the Western Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea.[1]

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  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Hoplostethus mediterraneus" in FishBase. July 2014 version.


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