Biology:Melanolagus
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Short description: Species of fish
| Melanolagus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Argentiniformes |
| Family: | Bathylagidae |
| Genus: | Melanolagus Kobyliansky, 1986 |
| Species: | M. bericoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanolagus bericoides (Borodin, 1929)
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Melanolagus bericoides, the bigscale deep-sea smelt, is a species of deep-sea smelt found in tropical and subtropical oceans to a depth of 1,700 m (5,600 ft). This species grows to a length of 20 cm (7.9 in). Its original name is Scopelus bericoides Borodin 1929 and it belongs to the family Melanolagus Kobyliansky, 1986.[1]
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Melanolagus bericoides" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q1808102 entry
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