Black oreo







































Black oreo

Scientific classification
Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Chordata

Class:

Actinopterygii

Order:

Zeiformes

Family:

Oreosomatidae

Genus:

Allocyttus

Species:

A. niger


Binomial name

Allocyttus niger

G. D. James, Inada & I. Nakamura, 1988


The black oreo (Allocyttus niger) is an oreo of the family Oreosomatidae, found around Australia and New Zealand between latitudes of between 43°S and 55°S at depths of between 560 and 1,300 m. Its length is up to 47 cm.


The black oreo is very similar in shape to the warty oreo.



References


  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Allocyttus niger" in FishBase. May 2006 version.










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