Hemerocoetes morelandi is a duckbill fish of the genus Hemerocoetes, found only around New Zealand at depths of between 20 and 100 metres (66 and 328 ft). Their length is between 10 and 25 centimetres (3.9 and 9.8 in).[1]
| Hemerocoetes morelandi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Percophidae |
| Genus: | Hemerocoetes |
| Species: | H. morelandi
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemerocoetes morelandi Nelson, 1979
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Etymology edit
The specific name honours the New Zealand ichthyologist J. M. Moreland.[2]
References edit
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Hemerocoetes morelandi" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
- ^ Nelson, J. S. (1979). "Revision of the fishes of the New Zealand genus Hemerocoetes (Perciformes: Percophididae), with descriptions of two new species". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 6 (4): 587–599. doi:10.1080/03014223.1979.10428401.
- "Hemerocoetes morelandi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Hemerocoetes morelandi" 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