The spinyhead cusk (''Hastatobythites arafurensis'') is a species of
viviparous brotula found in the western
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
where it occurs from the
Arafura Sea to
New South Wales
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, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
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, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
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,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. It is found at depths of from . This species grows to a length of
SL.
References
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Bythitidae
Monotypic fish genera
Fish described in 1997
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