Parin's discfish

Diretmichthys parini

Fish Reaching Forty Centimeters in New Zealand Waters

Black
Cross-climate
Temperate
Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Central America and the Caribbean
East Asia
Europe
Oceania
Deep-bodied
Medium

Parin's discfish is a marine fish of Broadly distributed tropical and temperate species. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 40 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Roughies and Allies
Family: Diretmidae
Genus: Diretmichthys
Maximum length: 40 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Broadly distributed tropical and temperate species (Ref. 9927 ). Eastern Atlantic: off Morocco to Sierra Leone and from Angola to South Africa. Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea (Ref. 6744 ); reported from Guianas (Ref. 13608 ). Western Indian Ocean: at about 38°S. Western Pacific: off Japan, China Sea, Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819 ), off Victoria, Australia (Ref. 6536 ) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ). Including west of Ireland, Flemish Cap, and Gulf of Maine (Moore, pers. comm.).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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