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Slender scalyhead

Trematomus lepidorhinus (Pappenheim, 1911)

Status not recordedbony fish

The slender scalyhead (Trematomus lepidorhinus) is a species in the family Nototheniidae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the slender scalyhead

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the slender scalyhead live?

Not recorded

Is the slender scalyhead endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the slender scalyhead classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familyNototheniidae
  6. genusTrematomus
  7. SpeciesTrematomus lepidorhinus (Pappenheim, 1911)

Synonyms Notothenia lepidorhinus, Pseudotrematomus lepidorhinus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the slender scalyhead

Other species in the same genus Trematomus.

Scaly rockcod

Trematomus loennbergii

NototheniidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the slender scalyhead?

The slender scalyhead (Trematomus lepidorhinus) belongs to the family Nototheniidae in the order Perciformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Slender scalyhead (Trematomus lepidorhinus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/slender-scalyhead

MLA

“Slender scalyhead (Trematomus lepidorhinus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/slender-scalyhead.

BibTeX
@misc{slender_scalyhead_2026,
  title = {Slender scalyhead (Trematomus lepidorhinus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/slender-scalyhead},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}