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The first record of orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) in the south-west Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Vladimir Laptikhovsky
Vladimir Laptikhovsky*
Affiliation:
Department of Fisheries, Falkland Islands Government, PO Box 598, Stanley, FIQQ 1ZZ, Falkland Islands
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Vladimir Laptikhovsky, Department of Fisheries, Falkland Islands Government, PO Box 598, Stanley, FIQQ IZZ, Falkland Islands email: vlaptikhovsky@fisheries.gov.fk
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Abstract

A specimen of the orange roughy was caught by trawler in the south-west Atlantic in March 2006.

Keywords

Orange roughysouth-west AtlanticHoplostethus atlanticus
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e52
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2006

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