Alert pigfish
| Alert pigfish | |
|---|---|
| specimen in the fish collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Zanclorhynchidae |
| Genus: | Alertichthys Moreland, 1960 |
| Species: | A. blacki |
| Binomial name | |
| Alertichthys blacki Moreland, 1960 | |
The Alert pigfish (Alertichthys blacki) is a species of marine ray finned fish, a pigfish belonging to the family Congiopodidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Alertichthys. This species is endemic to the waters around New Zealand.