Trachichthys
| Trachichthys | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachichthyiformes |
| Family: | Trachichthyidae |
| Genus: | Trachichthys G. Shaw, 1799 |
| Species: | T. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| Trachichthys australis G. Shaw, 1799 | |
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Trachichthys australis, the southern roughy, is a species of slimehead and the only member of the genus Trachichthys, from the Ancient Greek τραχύς (trakhús), meaning "rough", and ἰχθύς (ikhthús), meaning "fish". It is native to the waters off Australia, where it is found around coral reefs between 1 and 1,557 metres (3.3 and 5,108.3 ft) in depth. It can grow to a maximum length of 15.0 centimetres (5.9 in) SL.