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Alert pigfish (Alertichthys blacki)
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Ecological Illustration of Alert pigfish (Alertichthys blacki)
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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.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Perches and Allies
Family
Zanclorhynchidae
Genus
Alertichthys
Water type
Marine
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