Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 21; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 15 - 17.

Common Names

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Teardrop tubeshoulder , English , Canada

Teardrop tubeshoulder , English , Global

英氏平肩光魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

英氏平肩光鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Alepocephaliformes

Family: Platytroctidae

Genus: Holtbyrnia

Species: Holtbyrnia innesi (Fowler, 1934)

Climate Zone

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bathypelagic

Location

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Biology

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Bathypelagic to benthopelagic, exceptionally as shallow as 100-120 m (Ref. 4461). Mesopelagic (Ref. 58302).

Habitat

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bathypelagic