Biology:Cyclothone alba

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Cyclothone alba
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Gonostomatidae
Genus: Cyclothone
Species:
C. alba
Binomial name
Cyclothone alba
Brauer, 1906

Cyclothone alba, commonly known as the bristlemouth, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cyclothone. It is found across the world, in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans.[1]

The species was originally described as a subspecies of Cyclothone signata: Cyclothone signata alba, by Brauer in 1906.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2223150 entry