Hoplostethus atlanticus

Hoplostethus atlanticus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trachichthyoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Berycimorphaceae Ordo: Trachichthyiformes Subordo: Trachichthyoidei

Familia: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Hoplostethus
Species: Hoplostethus atlanticus

Name

Hoplostethus atlanticus (Collett, 1889)

• Holotype (unique): MOM 0091-0101.

Type locality: Florès, Azores, northeastern Atlantic, station 203, depth 1557 meters.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Kaiserbarsch, Orange Roughy, Granatbarsch
• English: Orange roughy, Red roughy, Deep sea perch
• español: Reloj anaranjado, Reloj del Atlántico
• føroyskt: Búrfiskur
• français: Hoplostèthe orange, Hoplostèthe rouge, Poisson-montre
• italiano: Pesce specchio atlantico
• Nederlands: Keizerbaars
• polski: Gardłosz atlantycki
• português: Peixe-relógio
• svenska: Atlantisk soldatfisk, Atlantsoldatfisk
• Türkçe: Turuncu İmparator Balığı

References

• Collett, R. 1889. Diagnoses de poissons nouveaux provenant des campagnes de "L'Hirondelle." III.-- Description d'une espèce nouvelle du genre Hoplostethus. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 14: 306. BHL Reference page. 
• Forman, J.S., Horn, P.L. & Stevens, D.W. 2016. Diets of deepwater oreos (Oreosomatidae) and orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus. Journal of Fish Biology. 88(6): 2275–2302. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12982 Reference page. 

Links

• Hoplostethus atlanticus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Hoplostethus atlanticus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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