Biology:Parazen pacificus

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Short description: Species of fish

Parazen pacificus
Parazen pacificus near Puerto Rico in April 2015.
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Zeiformes
Family: Parazenidae
Subfamily: Parazeninae
McAllister, 1968
Genus: Parazen
Kamohara, 1935
Species:
P. pacificus
Binomial name
Parazen pacificus
Kamohara, 1935

Parazen pacificus, the parazen or slender dory,[2] is a species of zeiform fish found in deep oceanic waters at depths of from 145 to 500 metres (476 to 1,640 ft). This species grows to a length of 14 centimetres (5.5 in) TL. This species is the only known member of the genus Parazen.

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