Neocaristius heemstrai

Description

Neocaristius heemstrai is a species of fish in the family Caristiidae, the manefishes. It is native to the oceans of the southern hemisphere where it is known to occur at depths of from 420 to 1,360 metres (1,380 to 4,460 ft). This species grows to a length of 11.8 centimetres (4.6 in) SL. This fish was first described in 2006 and was moved to a monotypic genus of its own, Neocaristius, in 2011.