Parin's spinyfin | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Trachichthyiformes |
Family: | Diretmidae |
Genus: | Diretmichthys Kotlyar, 1990 |
Species: | D. parini
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Binomial name | |
Diretmichthys parini |
Parin's spinyfin, Parin's spinyfish, black discfish, black spinyfin, or spiny discfish (Diretmichthys parini)[1] is a spinyfin of the monotypic[3] genus Diretmichthys. Adults are found in oceans at depths of between 500 m to 2100 m. Its length is up to 40 cm.[2]