Description

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Common Names

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Storhovedet skulderlysfisk , Danish , Denmark

Bighead searsid , English , UK

Bighead searsid , English , UK

Slickhead , English , UK

Græðisangi , Icelandic , Iceland

深水平肩光魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

深水平肩光鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Cabeza lustrosa , Spanish , Spain

Cabeza pintada , Spanish , Spain

Seársido , Spanish , Spain

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Alepocephaliformes

Family: Platytroctidae

Genus: Holtbyrnia

Species: Holtbyrnia anomala Krefft, 1980

Climate Zone

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bathypelagic

Location

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Biology

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Mesopelagic, but mostly bathypelagic to benthopelagic.

Habitat

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bathypelagic