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View Mode View All Pictures Species Optivus elongatus (Günther 1859)    Optivus elongatus was originally described as Trachichthys elongatus by Günther in 1859. It belongs to the family Trachichthyidae. It is commonly known as Slender roughy and is known Violet roughy in USA (contiguous states), Slender roughy in New Zealand. more common names It is found in Salt water.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   elongatus AuthorWI   Günther [A.] AuthorNI   Günther Qualification   --- Year   1859 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Trachichthyiformes Trachichthyiformes Family   Trachichthyidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Optivus Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Trachichthyiformes Family   Trachichthyidae Genus   Optivus Original Name   Trachichthys         Taxon Name   elongatus Original Combination   Trachichthys elongatus Original Genus   Trachichthys Original Genus Species   Trachichthys elongatus OriginalSubGenus   Trachichthys Original Author   Günther Original AuthorWI   Günther [A.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1859 Original Family   Trachichthyidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   New Zealand. Primary Code   --- Primary Type   BMNH 1850.12.3.1 Page   10 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Optivus elongatus Current Species   elongatus Current Genus Optivus Current AuthorWI Günther [A.] Current AuthorNI   Günther Current Year   1859 Current Family Trachichthyidae Current Subfamily --- --- Habitat Marine.         Water Salt water     Current Summary   Valid as Optivus elongatus  (Günther 1859). Trachichthyidae.   Name History   •Valid as Optivus elongatus (Günther 1859) -- (Paulin et al. 1989:152 [ref. 24556], Paulin & Roberts 1992:134 [ref. 24625], Kuiter 1993:72 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:159 [ref. 25479], Kotlyar 1996:180 [ref. 23292], Kuiter 1997:58 [ref. 25488], Johnson 1999:725 [ref. 25471], Gomon 2004:173 [ref. 27786], Gomon 2008:426 [ref. 30616], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:111 [ref. 36167], Roberts & Gomon 2015:1016 [ref. 34279]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (2 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   agastos Optivus agastos Gomon [M. F.] 2004 Valid agrammus Optivus agrammus Gomon [M. F.] 2004 Valid Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (2 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…