Flaming flagfin

Hime pyrhistion

Twenty Six Point Eight Centimeters Aulopid Fish from Southwest Pacific

Flaming flagfin is a marine fish of Southwestern Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 26.8 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Lizardfishes and Allies
Family: Aulopidae
Genus: Hime
Maximum length: 26.8 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Northeastern New Zealand, including the Bay of Plenty, and the Kermadec Ridge, the Norfolk Ridge and Lord Howe Rise in the Tasman Sea and off eastern Australia (between Innisfail, Queensland and Brunswick Heads, New South Wales).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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