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Violet Roughy
Optivus agastos
Optivus agastos, also known as the violet roughy, is a species in the family Trachichthyidae. It is native to southeast Australia in the temperate waters of the Southwest Pacific and lives near reefs at depths from 1 to 146 metres (3.3 to 479.0 ft). It can reach sizes of up to 9.5 centimetres (3.7 in). Its name, "Optivus", means chosen in Latin, and "agastos" comes from Greek meaning "near kinsman," which refers to its similarity to Optivus elongatus.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 514268.