Redbait
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The redbait, bonnetmouth or southern rover, Emmelichthys nitidus nitidus, is a rover
of the genus Emmelichthys, found off South Africa
, Australia
, New Zealand
, and the south west Pacific, at depths of between 100 and 500 m. Its length is up to 50 cm.
Emmelichthyidae
Rovers are a family of small to medium sized marine fish. The family was once much larger, including a wide range of plankton-eating fish, but most of the genera were discovered to be unrelated examples of parallel evolution, and were moved to other families....
of the genus Emmelichthys, found off South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, and the south west Pacific, at depths of between 100 and 500 m. Its length is up to 50 cm.