Paraulopus nigripinnis

Cucumber fish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Paraulopidae
Genus: Paraulopus
Species: P. nigripinnis
Binomial name
Paraulopus nigripinnis
(Günther, 1878)

Paraulopus nigripinnis, the cucumber fish, is a grinner of the genus Paraulopus, found around southern Australia and New Zealand on the continental shelf at depths between 80 and 600 m. Their length is between 15 and 20 cm.

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