Biology:Northern smoothtongue

From HandWiki
Revision as of 17:58, 25 October 2022 by Carolyn (talk | contribs) (update)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Short description: Species of fish

Northern smoothtongue
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Argentiniformes
Family: Bathylagidae
Genus: Leuroglossus
Species:
L. schmidti
Binomial name
Leuroglossus schmidti
Rass (ru), 1955

The Northern smoothtongue (Leuroglossus schmidti) is a type of deepwater fish that can grow to a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. The fish are native from the Pacific Ocean to Oregon, United States and also to the Gulf of California where they are found at depths of 100 to 690 metres (330 to 2,260 ft).[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Leuroglossus schmidti" in FishBase. February 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2494833 entry