Biology:Bluntsnout smooth-head
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Xenodermichthys |
| Species: | X. copei
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenodermichthys copei (T. N. Gill, 1884)
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The bluntsnout smooth-head, black slickhead, cope's bluntsnout smooth-head, or Atlantic gymnast, Xenodermichthys copei, is a slickhead of the genus Xenodermichthys, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, and the Tasman Sea, at depths of 100 to 2,600 m. This species grows to a length of 31 centimetres (12 in) TL.
References
- "Xenodermichthys copei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=162340. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Xenodermichthys copei" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN:978-0-00-216987-5
Wikidata ☰ Q2312937 entry
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