FB-64727 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64727 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Ovalentaria/misc Opistognathidae Opistognathus Opistognathus reticeps Smith-Vaniz, 2004 Western roughy 2008-11-05 2008-11-21 Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen0 Fishes. In Beasley, O.L. and A. Wells (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia: ABRS & CSIRO Publishing, 2178 p. (Ref. 75154) Gomon, M.F.0 Two new species of roughy (Trachichthyidae: <i>Optivus</i>) from coastal waters of southern Australia. Rec. Aust. Mus. 56:173-178. (Ref. 76814) FB-DiagnosticDescr-64736 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-11-10 00:00:00 2008-11-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64736 This species is distinguished by the following characters: 20-24 (modally 22) gill rakers; gently curved lateral profile of nape and dorsal surface of head, nearly horizontal in front of dorsal-fin origin, almost straight between eyes; broadly rounded tip of snout; 2.7-2.9 times in SL, depth of head at vertical through upper end of gill opening; snout length is 1.5-2.6 times in eye diameter; the inner row of teeth on premaxilla is noticeably longer than others; relatively short and deep caudal peduncle, depth 0. 9-1.2 in length; dorsal and anal fins are relatively low, third segmented dorsal-fin ray 3.8-4.6 times in SL, first anal-fin ray 5.6-8.2 times in SL; body color greenish brown on back, silvery below; fins almost uniformly pink, though slightly dusky tips to caudal-fin lobes lasting in recently preserved large specimens (Ref. 76814). Gomon, M.F. 2004 Two new species of roughy (Trachichthyidae: <i>Optivus</i>) from coastal waters of southern Australia. Rec. Aust. Mus. 56:173-178. (Ref. 76814) FB-Morphology-64736 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-11-10 00:00:00 2008-11-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64736 Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 9 - 10; Vertebrae: 26 Gomon, M.F. 2004 Two new species of roughy (Trachichthyidae: <i>Optivus</i>) from coastal waters of southern Australia. Rec. Aust. Mus. 56:173-178. (Ref. 76814) FB-Distribution-64736 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-11-10 00:00:00 2009-02-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64736 Eastern Indian Ocean: Australia. Gomon, M.F. 2004 Two new species of roughy (Trachichthyidae: <i>Optivus</i>) from coastal waters of southern Australia. Rec. Aust. Mus. 56:173-178. (Ref. 76814) FB-Size-64736 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-11-10 00:00:00 2017-06-06 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64736 9.1 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 76814)) Gomon, M.F. 2004 Two new species of roughy (Trachichthyidae: <i>Optivus</i>) from coastal waters of southern Australia. Rec. Aust. Mus. 56:173-178. (Ref. 76814) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-64736 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2008-11-10 00:00:00 2017-06-06 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64736 reef-associated; marine; depth range 40 - 320 m (Ref. 76814) Gomon, M.F. 2004 Two new species of roughy (Trachichthyidae: <i>Optivus</i>) from coastal waters of southern Australia. Rec. Aust. Mus. 56:173-178. (Ref. 76814)