Visitor (fish)

The visitor (Adventor elongatus), also known as the sandpaper velvetfish,is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a velvetfish belonging to the family Aploactinidae. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Adventor. This species is found the Pacific Ocean waters along the coasts of Papua New Guinea and Australia.

Visitor
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Aploactinidae
Genus: Adventor
Whitley, 1952
Species:
A. elongatus
Binomial name
Adventor elongatus
(Whitley, 1952)
Synonyms
  • Membracidichthys elongatus Whitley, 1952
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