Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17 - 20; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 16; Vertebrae: 46 - 50. Dark in color with 2 white tissue patches behind the eye (Ref. 12204). Light organ at tip of lower jaw and long gill filaments not united at their bases (Ref. 12204). Branchiostegal rays: 8-9.

Common Names

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Streaklight tubeshoulder , English , Canada

Circé à branchies longues , French , Canada

侧身平肩光鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

側身平肩光魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Alepocephaliformes

Family: Platytroctidae

Genus: Holtbyrnia

Species: Holtbyrnia latifrons Sazonov, 1976

Climate Zone

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bathypelagic

Location

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Biology

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Usually near coasts (Ref. 12204). Oviparous, with large mesopelagic larvae (Ref. 35760).

Habitat

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bathypelagic