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Hoplostethus grandperrini Roberts & Gomon, 2012

Grandperrin’s giant sawbelly
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New Caledonia country information

Common names: Grandperrin’s giant sawbelly
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality. Known only from the types collected at Seamount 'B' in the northern portion of the Norfolk Ridge, south of New Caledonia and on the south-eastern slope of New Caledonia’s Grande Terre (Ref. 92805)..
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nc.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Roberts, C.D. and M.F. Gomon, 2012
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Trachichthyiformes (Roughies) > Trachichthyidae (Slimeheads)
Etymology: Hoplostethus: Greek, hoplon = weapon + Greek, stetho, stethion = brest; literal = to prick a little breast (Ref. 45335);  grandperrini: Named for Dr René Grandperrin, retired chief scientist of ORSTOM Nouméa, an ardent fish researcher and leader of deepwater fish explorations off New Caledonia (Chef de Mission of research cruises BERYX 2 and HALIPRO2), for his strong support for collaborative fieldwork between French and New Zealand scientists..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 500 - 675 m (Ref. 92805).   Subtropical

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