Trachichthyidae

Western luminous roughy

Aulotrachichthys argyrophanus

Seven Point Five Centimeters Trachichthyid Fish from the Atlantic Ocean

• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• South America
• Fusiform
• Small

Aulotrachichthys argyrophanus, the western luminous roughy, is a slimehead from the family Trachichthyidae. It is found in the southwest Atlantic, off the Amazon River mouth in northern Brazil.