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Paratrachichthys
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Paratrachichthys

Paratrachichthys is a genus of slimeheads found in the Pacific Ocean. It consists of three species, all known as sandpaper fish.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Common Roughy

speciesParatrachichthys trailli

Sandpaper Fish

speciesParatrachichthys macleayi

Island Roughy

speciesParatrachichthys fernandezianus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90815.