The fleshfish ''(Dermatopsis macrodon)'', also known as the Eastern yellow blindfish, is a species of
viviparous brotula
The viviparous brotulas form a family, the Bythitidae, of ophidiiform fishes. They are known as viviparous brotulas as they generally viviparity, bear live young, although there are indications that some species (at least ''Didymothallus crinicep ...
found in
reef
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s of southern
Australia
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and around
New Zealand
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. This species grows to a length of
TL.
References
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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)
Bythitidae
Fish of Australia
Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
Fish described in 1896
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