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| color = pink |
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| name = Ahuru |
| name = Ahuru |
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |
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| parent_authority = [[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1889 |
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| classis = [[Actinopterygii]] |
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| species = punctatus |
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| ordo = [[Gadiformes]] |
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| authority = ([[Frederick Hutton (scientist)|F. W. Hutton]], 1873) |
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| familia = [[Moridae]] |
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| synonyms = *''Calloptilum punctatum'' <small>Hutton, 1873</small> |
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*''Bregmaceros punctatus'' <small>(Hutton, 1873)</small> |
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| binomial_authority = Paulin, 1986 |
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The '''Ahuru''' (''Auchenoceros punctatus'') is a small deepwater fish, the only fish of the genus '''''Auchenoceros''''', found on the east coast of [[New Zealand]]. Its length is about 13 centimetres. |
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The '''ahuru''' (''Auchenoceros punctatus'') is a species of [[morid cod]] found in waters off the eastern coast of [[New Zealand]] and to the south as well as in the [[Cook Strait]]. It is found at depths from {{convert|5|to|420|m|ft|abbr=on}}. This species grows to {{convert|13|cm|in|abbr=on}} in [[fish measurement|total length]]. It is the only known species of its [[genus]]. |
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It has a blunt snout, and a first [[dorsal fin]] reduced to a single elongate ray that overlaps the origin of the second dorsal fin. |
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The colour is a uniform pale pink-white. They are found over sand and mud bottoms in inshore waters around much of New Zealand. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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* {{ITIS|ID=550666|taxon=Auchenoceros punctatus|year=2006|date=19 March}} |
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* {{ITIS |id=550666 |taxon=''Auchenoceros punctatus'' |accessdate=19 March 2006}} |
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* {{FishBase species | genus = Auchenoceros | species = punctatus | month = June| year = 2012}} |
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*Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand |
*Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) {{ISBN|0-00-216987-8}} |
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{{Taxonbar|from=Q1956262}} |
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[[Category:Moridae]] |
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[[Category:Endemic marine fish of New Zealand]] |
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[[Category:Fish described in 1873]] |
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{{Gadiformes-stub}} |
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Latest revision as of 04:47, 6 March 2021
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Moridae |
| Genus: | Auchenoceros Günther, 1889 |
| Species: | A. punctatus
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| Auchenoceros punctatus (F. W. Hutton, 1873)
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The ahuru (Auchenoceros punctatus) is a species of morid cod found in waters off the eastern coast of New Zealand and to the south as well as in the Cook Strait. It is found at depths from 5 to 420 m (16 to 1,378 ft). This species grows to 13 cm (5.1 in) in total length. It is the only known species of its genus.
References[edit]
- "Auchenoceros punctatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Auchenoceros punctatus" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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