Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Percophidae > Hemerocoetes > Hemerocoetes monopterygius

Hemerocoetes monopterygius (opal fish; Opalfish)

Synonyms: Callionymus acanthorhynchus; Callionymus monopterygius; Hemerocoetes acanthorhynchus; Hemerocoetes microps
Language: Mandarin Chinese; Maori

Wikipedia Abstract

The opalfish, Hemerocoetes monopterygius, is a duckbill of the genus Hemerocoetes, found only around New Zealand, at depths of between 5 and 200 m. Their length is between 10 and 25 cm.
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Predators

Megadyptes antipodes (Yellow-eyed Penguin)[1]

External References

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1DIET OF THE YELLOW-EYED PENGUIN MEGADYPTES ANTIPODES, SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND, 1991–1993, P.J. MOORE & M.D. WAKELIN, Marine Ornithology 25: 17–29 (1997)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0