The grey brotula
or orange cuskeel
(''Bidenichthys consobrinus'') is a rare species of
viviparous brotula found around northern
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
. It inhabits rocky areas at 30–178 m depth.
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* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982)
grey botula
Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
Taxa named by Frederick Hutton
Fish of the North Island
grey botula
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