Optivus is a fish genus from the family Trachichthyidae found from near the surface to depths of in the southwest Pacific Ocean off Australia (O. agastos and O. agrammus) and New Zealand (O. elongatus).

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

• Optivus agastos M. F. Gomon, 2004 (violet roughy)

• Optivus agrammus M. F. Gomon, 2004 (western roughy)

• Optivus elongatus (Günther, 1859) (slender roughy)

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