The Saya de Malha luminous roughy (''Aulotrachichthys sajademalensis'') is a species of
slimehead
Slimeheads, also known as roughies and redfish, are mostly small, exceptionally long-lived, deep-sea beryciform fish constituting the family Trachichthyidae (derived from the Greek ''trachys'' – "rough" and ''ichthys'' – "fish"). Found in tem ...
that is native to
Saya de Malha in the Indian Ocean, the
Kyushu–Palau Ridge in the Pacific Ocean, and the
Nazareth Banks in the Mediterranean. Found at depths ranging from , it can reach up to in size.
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Aulotrachichthys
Taxa named by Aleksandr Nicholaevich Kotlyar
Fish described in 1979
Fish of the Indian Ocean
Fish of the Pacific Ocean
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