Alert pigfish

The alert pigfish, Alertichthys blacki, is a pigfish, the only species in the genus Alertichthys, found around New Zealand at depths between 100 and 600 m. It is between 15 and 20 cm in length.

Alert Pigfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
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Alertichthys

Moreland, 1960
Species:
A. blacki
Binomial name
Alertichthys blacki
Moreland, 1960

References

  • "Alertichthys blacki". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Alertichthys blacki" in FishBase. January 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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