Biology:Platytroctidae
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Short description: Family of ray-finned fishes
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| Legless searsid (Platytroctes apus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Platytroctidae Roule, 1916 |
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The tubeshoulders are a family, Platytroctidae, of ray-finned fish belonging to the order Alepocephaliformes. They are found throughout the world, except for the Mediterranean Sea. Tubeshoulders live at moderate depths of 300 to 1,000 m (980 to 3,280 ft), and some have light-producing organs. They are generally small to medium fish, ranging from 9 to 33 cm (3.5 to 13.0 in) in length.[1]
Genera
The family contains the following genera:[1]
- Barbantus
- Holtbyrnia
- Matsuichthys
- Maulisia
- Mentodus
- Mirorictus
- Normichthys
- Pectinantus
- Persparsia
- Platytroctes
- Sagamichthys
- Searsia
- Searsioides
- †Vachalia[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Platytroctidae" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ↑ Přikryl, T.; Carnevale, G. (2019). "An Oligocene tubeshoulder (Teleostei, Alepocephaliformes) from the Central Paratethys (Czech Republic): the first skeletal record for the family Platytroctidae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39 (6): e1719123. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1719123. Bibcode: 2019JVPal..39E9123P.
Wikidata ☰ Q952829 entry
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