Ahuru
| Ahuru | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Moridae |
| Genus: | Auchenoceros Günther,1889 |
| Species: | A. punctatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Auchenoceros punctatus (F. W. Hutton,1873)
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Theahuru(Auchenoceros punctatus) is a species ofmorid codfound in waters off the eastern coast ofNew Zealandand to the south as well as in theCook Strait.It is found at depths from 5 to 420 m (16 to 1,378 ft). This species grows to 13 cm (5.1 in) intotal length.It is the only known species of itsgenus.
References
[edit]- "Auchenoceros punctatus".Integrated Taxonomic Information System.Retrieved19 March2006.
- Froese, Rainer;Pauly, Daniel (eds.)."Auchenoceros punctatus".FishBase.June 2012 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox,Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand,(William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982)ISBN0-00-216987-8
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