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Frostfish

Lepidopus caudatus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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23 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 1, February 0, March 0, April 1, May 2, June 4, July 7, August 4, September 5, October 1, November 0, December 0.
New Zealand25
Canterbury Region13
Otago Region9
United States8
Texas7
Morocco3
Marrakech-Safi3
Louisiana1
Spain1
Canarias1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderMackerels, Tunas, Butterfishes, and Allies · Scombriformes
FamilyCutlassfishes · Trichiuridae
GenusLepidopus

Sources

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Practise Frostfish with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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