Deep sea perch
Hoplostethus atlanticus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Trachichthyiformes
- Family
- Trachichthyidae
- Genus
- Hoplostethus
Where to Find
Found in 10 diving areas across 4 countries and 2 regions.
- Lord Howe Island, Australia - 89 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 249 records
- Victoria, Australia - 3 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 22 records
- Fiordland, New Zealand - 31 records
- Kaikōura, New Zealand - 95 records
- Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand - 28 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 13 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records