''Hoplostethus crassispinus'' is a species of
slimehead
Slimeheads, also known as roughies and redfish, are mostly small, exceptionally long-lived, deep-sea beryciform fish constituting the family Trachichthyidae (derived from the Greek ''trachys'' – "rough" and ''ichthys'' – "fish"). Found in tem ...
found in the Pacific Ocean.
It can be found in
Hawaii and the
Kyushu–Palau Ridge and possibly off the coast of
Vietnam.
[ It lives at depths between 280m and 600m and can reach sizes of up to 25.4 cm.][
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crassispinus
Fish described in 1980
Fish of the Pacific Ocean
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