Rinoctes
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| Rinoctes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Rinoctes A. E. Parr, 1952 |
| Species: | R. nasutus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rinoctes nasutus (Koefoed, 1927)
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Rinoctes nasutus, the abyssal smooth-head, is a species of slickhead that is found at depths of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) to 4,156 metres (13,635 ft) in the Atlantic Ocean, and possibly in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[1] This species is the only known species in the genus Rinoctes. It grows to a length of 19 centimetres (7.5 in) SL.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hulley, P. (2015). "Rinoctes nasutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T15149028A15149090. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T15149028A15149090.en. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Rinoctes". FishBase. February 2022 version.
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