The thickspine roughy (Hoplostethus robustispinus) is a slimehead of the order Beryciformes.

It is native to the Northwestern Pacific near the Philippines and Japan where it can be found as deep as 660 m (2,170 ft).

It can reach sizes of up to 35.4 cm (13.9 in) SL.

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