The metallic roughy (Hoplostethus metallicus) is a slimehead of the orderBeryciformes. It is native to the Western Central Pacific along the eastern seaboard of Negros Island in the Philippines and other locations in the Sulu Sea. It has a deep-water range of 55–550 m (180–1,804 ft).[2] It is known from only 25 collected specimens, but members of this genus are known to frequently be "locally abundant," occurring in dense schools over seamounts.[1]
^ abMoore, J.A. (2010). "Hoplostethus metallicus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T155147A115277094. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155147A4729385.en. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
^Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Hoplostethus metallicus" in FishBase. December 2016 version.
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