Cucumber fish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Paraulopidae
Genus: Paraulopus
Species:
P. nigripinnis
Binomial name
Paraulopus nigripinnis
(Günther, 1878)

Paraulopus nigripinnis, the cucumber fish, ‘’‘Montague whiting’’’ is a grinner of the genus Paraulopus. It is a deep water fish found around southern Australia and New Zealand on the continental shelf at depths between 65 and 600 m.[1] Their length is between 15 and 20 cm. They were first described by Günther in 1878.

References

  1. "Paraulopus nigripinnis".
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Paraulopus nigripinnis" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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