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Alert pigfish (Alertichthys blacki)
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Alert pigfish (Alertichthys blacki) specimen
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Zanclorhynchidae

Alert pigfish

Alertichthys blacki

A benthic guest near five hundred meters off New Zealand

  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Medium

Alert pigfish is known from Southwest Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Maximum length
20 cm
Water
Marine
Distribution
Southwest Pacific: New Zealand.
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