Platytroctidae
| Platytroctidae | |
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| Legless searsid (Platytroctes apus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Platytroctidae Roule, 1916 |
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The tubeshoulders are a
ray-finned fish belonging to the order Alepocephaliformes. They are found throughout the world, except for the Mediterranean Sea. Tubeshoulders live at moderate depths of 300 to 1,000 m (980 to 3,280 ft), and some have light-producing organs. They are generally small to medium fish, ranging from 9 to 33 cm (3.5 to 13.0 in) in length.[1]
Genera
The family contains the following genera:[1]
- Barbantus
- Holtbyrnia
- Matsuichthys
- Maulisia
- Mentodus
- Mirorictus
- Normichthys
- Pectinantus
- Persparsia
- Platytroctes
- Sagamichthys
- Searsia
- Searsioides
- †Vachalia[2]
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Platytroctidae" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- S2CID 216207889.
Data related to Platytroctidae at Wikispecies
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