Smallscale slimehead
The smallscale slimehead (Hoplostethus melanopus) is a deepwater fish of the family Trachichthyidae. It lives on the continental shelf at a depths of . It can reach sizes of up to TL. It is a brownish-grey color with blackish fins. It is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans along the coasts of South Africa, Somalia, the United Arab Emirates, Madagascar, Japan, Indonesia, and Namibia. References Hoplostethus Fish described in 1913 Fish of the Indian Ocean Fish of the Pacific Ocean