''Hemerocoetes morelandi'' is a duckbill fish of the genus ''

Hemerocoetes ''Hemerocoetes'' is a genus of duckbill fishes. References Percophidae Extant Rupelian first appearances Marine fish genera Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes Rupelian genus first appearances {{Perciformes-stub ...

'', found only around

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at depths of between . Their length is between .

Etymology

The

specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...

honours the New Zealand

ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octobe ...

J. M. Moreland.

References

* * * Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) {{Taxonbar, from=Q2588451 Percophidae Endemic marine fish of New Zealand Taxa named by Joseph S. Nelson Fish described in 1979