Optivus
Sign in to saveOptivus is a fish genus from the family Trachichthyidae found from near the surface to depths of in the southwest Pacific Ocean off Australia (O. agastos and O. agrammus) and New Zealand (O. elongatus).
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Optivus is a fish genus from the family Trachichthyidae found from near the surface to depths of in the southwest Pacific Ocean off Australia (O. agastos and O. agrammus) and New Zealand (O. elongatus).
==Species== The currently recognized species in this genus are: Optivus agastos M. F. Gomon, 2004 (violet roughy) Optivus agrammus M. F. Gomon, 2004 (western roughy) Optivus elongatus (Günther, 1859) (slender roughy)
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