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Little pineapple fish

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Little pineapple fish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachichthyiformes
Family: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Sorosichthys
Whitley, 1945
Species:
S. ananassa
Binomial name
Sorosichthys ananassa
Whitley, 1945

The little pineapple fish (Sorosichthys ananassa) is a small slimehead of the family Trachichthyidae, the only member of the genus Sorosichthys, found in the eastern Indian Ocean, on the continental shelf of the southwestern coasts of Western Australia and South Australia, at depths between 50 and 70 m (160 and 230 ft). Its length is up to about 8 cm (3.1 in).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Moore, J. (2020). "Sorosichthys ananassa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T123359924A123360241. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T123359924A123360241.en. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sorosichthys ananassa". FishBase. January 2024 version.