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Definitions of roughy in various dictionaries:
A perchlike food fish (Arripis georgianus) of Australia and New Zealand.
A small fish (Trachichthys australis) with rough scales, found in shallow waters along the southeast coast of Australia.
noun - a small fish having rough scales
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| Red-orange fish |
| Fish also called slimehead |
| perch-like food fish |
| Marine fish |
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| This "orange" fish, a favorite in New Zealand, might be less popular if known by its other name: slimehead |
| Fishing for the slimehead, better known as the orange this, also catches & kills threatened species of deep sea sharks |
| The most common species of this commercial fish is red; it doesn't turn orange until it's out of the water |
| The most common species of this commercial fish is red; it doesn't turn orange until it's out of the water |
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Slimeheads, also known as roughies and redfish, are mostly small, exceptionally long-lived, deep-sea beryciform fish constituting the family Trachichthyidae (derived from the Greek trachys "rough" and ichthys "fish"). Found in temperate to tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, the family comprises about 50 species in eight genera. Slimeheads are named for the network of muciferous canals riddling their heads. * The larger species namely the orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) and Darwin's slimehead (Gephyroberyx darwinii) are the target of extensive commercial fisheries off Australia and New Zealand. Many populations have already crashed, while others are showing signs of severe overfishing; due to slimeheads' slow rate of reproduction, the future viability of these fisheries has been put into question. Orange roughies are food fish and are marketed fresh and frozen, whereas Darwin's slimeheads are used for their oil and made into fishmeal. |