Southern pigfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Congiopodidae |
Genus: | Congiopodus |
Species: | C. leucopaecilus
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Binomial name | |
Congiopodus leucopaecilus (J. Richardson, 1846)
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The southern pigfish (Congiopodus leucopaecilus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Congiopodidae, the horsefishes or pigfishes. It is found in the waters off southern Australia and New Zealand.