Sandpaper fish

Paratrachichthys trailli

Fish Reaching Twenty Four Point Six Centimeters in Australian Waters

Sandpaper fish is a marine fish of Western Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 24.6 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Roughies and Allies
Family: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Paratrachichthys
Maximum length: 24.6 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Western Pacific: New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ); Australia (Ref. 4537 ) [questionable according to Moore, pers. comm.].
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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