Platytroctidae

Platytroctidae
	Legless searsid (Platytroctes apus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Alepocephaliformes
Family:	Platytroctidae; Roule, 1916
Genera
	See text
Synonyms
	Platytroctidés Roule 1916; Searsiidae Parr 1951 corrig. Lindberg 1971; Barbantini Sazonov 1986; Mirorictinae Parr 1951;

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]

References

^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Platytroctidae". 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.

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[FishBase-1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Platytroctidae". FishBase. February 2012 version.

[Přikryl2019-2] 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.

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