Platytroctidae
Platytroctidae | |
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Legless searsid (Platytroctes apus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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
[edit]The family contains the following genera:[1]
- Barbantus
- Holtbyrnia
- Matsuichthys
- Maulisia
- Mentodus
- Mirorictus
- Normichthys
- Pectinantus
- Persparsia
- Platytroctes
- Sagamichthys
- Searsia
- Searsioides
- †Vachalia[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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. Bibcode:2019JVPal..39E9123P. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1719123. S2CID 216207889.
Data related to Platytroctidae at Wikispecies