Biology:Bluntsnout smooth-head

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Short description: Species of fish

Bluntsnout smooth-head
Xenodermichthys copei.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes
Family: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Xenodermichthys
Species:
X. copei
Binomial name
Xenodermichthys copei
(T. N. Gill, 1884)

The bluntsnout smooth-head, black slickhead, cope's bluntsnout smooth-head, or Atlantic gymnast, Xenodermichthys copei, is a slickhead of the genus Xenodermichthys, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, and the Tasman Sea, at depths of 100 to 2,600 m. This species grows to a length of 31 centimetres (12 in) TL.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2312937 entry