The Species Black List

Hoplostethus metallicus

metallic roughy

The metallic roughy (Hoplostethus metallicus) is a deep-sea species known only from a small number of specimens collected throughout the central Philippines.

Status

Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List

Restriction tier

2, restricted, extent unclear

Class

Actinopterygii

Realm

Oceanic

Locality

not specified in the source

As IUCN records it

Hoplostethus metallicus Fowler, 1938