''Hoplichthys prosemion'' is a species of marine

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...

of the

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Hoplichthyidae ''Hoplichthys'', the ghost flatheads, is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. This genus is the only member of the family Hoplichthyidae. Taxonomy Hoplichthys was first proposed as a monotypic genus in 18 ...

, the ghost flatheads. This species is found in the marine waters around the

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where it has been recorded at a depth of .Nagano, Y., Imamura, H. & Yabe, M. (2014): A new ghost flathead (Scorpaeniformes: Hoplichthyidae) from southwestern Australia. ''Ichthyological Research, 62 (3): 245-252.''

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Hoplichthyidae Fish described in 1938 Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler {{Scorpaeniformes-stub